Antique Low and High Bookcases Cabinet
CABINETS bookcases, antique tripod table legs high
An interesting walnut break-front bookcase. The glazed upper doors and the lower doors are decorated with an arched fretted carving in a ‘naturalistic’ style. In form there is not much progress from designs of the
1840s and such pieces continued to be popular until the 1880s, french veneer cylinder desk often making dating difficult. 1860-1880
A break-front bookcase of c.1840 with Gothic arching in the treatment of the glazing bars. The flattened arch of the lower doors is characteristic of the 1840s but is still to be seen in catalogues of the 1880s.
A classic example of a bookcase of a design originating in the 1840s but still to be found in manufacturers’ catalogues, continental signature watches such as Shoolbreds, regency barley twist dresser as late as 1880. In mahogany, antique corn shellers almost always.
A Reformed Gothic bookcase made by Marsh & Jones, antique plant showing many of the design characteristics typical of the type. Note the sloping architectural roof, old french furniture 1800 with its ’tiled’ effect achieved by clinker-built planking, canted corners chest and its
gables which even include barge-boards. It is a roof style beloved by Burges but also used by other designers. Note also the incised decoration, candlestick table leg grain direction the ‘revealed’ construction with pegged tenon joints and the ’structural’ pillars which are, antique razor blades in fact, antique hampden pocket watch purely decorative. Inlaid ivory and ebony decoration complete the scene. 1860-1870
An oak revival bookcase carved with lion masks and leaves, small oak carved settee with geometric mouldings on the doors, appraisal value on an antique car pillars, identifying antique lamp dentillated mouldings and many other attractions to the ‘medieval’ fan. In the Price Guide to Victorian Furniture (now defunct) it was described as mid-Victorian, secret compartment antiques but this seems very unlikely. It is almost certainly late Victorian and could even be Edwardian. This chronological correction does not make it any cheaper, antique cuckoo clock however. c. 1890
A mahogany bookcase, louis xv rococo chair with marquetry inlay, antique bloodstone ring in the Sheraton manner, large oak serpentine dresser with middle cupboard set on an ‘outset’ lower part which has two long drawers on four square tapering legs. The Edwardians were fond of these rather top-heavy pieces
which look a little uncertain, main street antique on their slender tapering legs, antique style wedding dress of bearing the load expected of them. Sheraton and Hepplewhite used this form incorporating a cylinder bureau to the lower half. The illustrated version is
nearly always 20th century. 1900-1910
A solid walnut secretaire bookcase of a type made by Norman and Stacey 1900-1910 and then available at a price of 11. 11s. Od. It was also available in fumed oak or mahogany. The walnut used for this typical piece,
with its bas-relief carved door panels and secretaire drawer, low dining table with carved dragon folding legs with key tended to be an American walnut of straight grain and reddish colour. The pediment of semi-broken type is also typical of the period and the handles are
original. Note that the piece was also available without the secretaire drawer, black dining tables with silver tipped feet but simply with cupboards below, antique emporium rose for 7. 18s. 6d. The reader may note that the Price Guide to Victorian Furniture, antique box decorative gold published in 1973,
illustrated the piece from Norman & Stacey’s catalogue on page 218, weathervane antiques and priced it at 80-120. The above photograph is courtesy of Sotheby’s Belgravia where the piece shown was sold in September 1979.
A bigger version of the previous bookcase, antique beauty blue cream delux eye powder with typical bas relief carving and pedimented top. Would also make a very useful kitchen dresser. No secretaire drawer, antique oil heaters so not so highly priced. 1900-1910
A carved oak bookcase with broken pediment. The doors have leaded lights instead of glazing bars, regency empire furniture a fashion quite popular with furniture from about 1890 onwards.
A reproduction mahogany break-front bookcase in a style of the 1790-1810 period. It is a quite faithful reproduction in proportion and in treatment of the glazing bars. This popular item of furniture for wealthy
bibliophiles is still being reproduced today, antiques markings ‘made up’ from old wood or other items by less scrupulous ‘restorers’ anxious to pass the piece off as old, acorn antiques tickets or simply reproduced to order and size by honest manufacturers. A hardy perennial of the furniture trade. This example 1900-1930
A lesser version to follow the previous example, roper stove antique showing typical ‘Edwardian Sheraton’ characteristics in the satinwood banding around doors and drawers. 1900-1910
A ‘Samuel Pepys’ walnut bookcase, antique engagement replica ring derived from the design made for Pepys and now in the Pepysian library at Cambridge. The glazed doors have heavily carved mouldings above and below and the cupboards below
these doors are of the low proportion associated with the design. 1900-1925
An oak cabinet or bookcase in the Grand Jacobethan manner on large bulbous turned and reeded legs. Complete with reeded columns down the sides, side table wood antique red leather geometrically moulded and fielded panels, antique door pocket carved leaves, antique desk raised edge drawers iron pulls carved bunches of grapes and, mallet antiques london to cap it all, antique import an arcaded cavetto moulding above a dentil one.
A mahogany bookcase of a form used from the 1840s to nearly the end of the century. A small scrolled leaf decorates the side pillars which, louis majorelle in this case, antique hardware catalog are reeded. The piece stands on a plinth and the shelves are
adjustable.
CABINETS bookcases, antique desk with doors & 1 drawer low
A walnut music cabinet of a type conforming to the more severe outline of mid-Victorian popularity. There are both shelves and fitted vertical divisions and a brass gallery rail on the top. 1860-1880
A bookcase or display cabinet by Gordon Russell, louis xiv chairs goat feet of 1926 date. Note the almost severe use of the latticed glazing bars the lattice was used by Gimson and subsequently by Russell, 507 antiques toronto on chairs and other furniture. 1926
CABINETS bookcases, antique market london revolving
An oak bookcase of c.1930 in what would now be called an art deco style but which could in fact be traced back to pre-1914 German styles in its origins. A bureau section is lodged in an aggressively Cubist fashion into the bookcase, antique asian table lamps which has two flanking cupboards. The carved corner decoration on each door is characteristic of what is now very loosely called art deco furniture.
An oak revolving bookcase of typical Edwardian design, antique radio tubes tempe arizona usually found in mahogany with ‘Sheraton’ decoration. This one is carved with leaf and floral decoration, kling mayville newyork antique furniture desk including the top. 1900-1920
A solid walnut side cabinet or bookcase in the Gothic Reformed style, regency chamber pots in which the lowest of the three panels in each side door is not carved for some reason. A sort of Talbert-Eastlake piece, antique craft missing its top structure,
which is characteristic of the ‘revealed’ construction and decoration of the genre. c. 1875
A post-war leaded-light bookcase in the `Jacobethan’ manner, antique garnet in oak of a cheap variety. Raised on twist-turned legs with square stretchers and with one applied split baluster-type decoration on the frieze. 1920-1930
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