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Period: 18th Century
Antique Venetian Walnut Bureau Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an important antique Italian bureau bookcase, made in Venice and circa 1750 in date.
It has been made from the finest burr walnut with walnut crossbanding and satinwood lin...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Satinwood, Walnut
Chippendale Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George III mahogany breakfront bookcase in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the architectural pediment having egg and dart with dentil molding over similarly treated friez...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Small Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Superb Quality George III Period Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, Of Unusual Small Proportions, Having Four Elegant Astragal Glazed Doors To Top Enclosing Adjustable Shelves, ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Monumental Georgian English Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1790
Monumental Georgian English Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase
A rare & exceptional example, excellent patination, proportions & scale.
sku 1977
Together W403 x D52 x H2...
Category
Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Walnut Dutch Marquetry Bureau Cabinet Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an important antique Dutch walnut and marquetry bureau bookcase, circa 1780 in date.
It has been made from the finest burr walnut w...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bureau Bookcase
Located in Huntington, NY
This exceptional George III Mahogany Breakfront Bureau Bookcase with Glazed Doors, has wonderful flame & crotch grain Mahogany. Comprised of a large central cabinet, flanked by 2 sma...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Neoclassical Walnut Wood Triple Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
This impressive Italian triple bookcase features an open upper body surmounting a lower section of three double doors. Some elements of the hand-carved walnut wood date to the 1700s ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Textile, Paper, Pine, Walnut, Wood
18th Century English Painted Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very small 18th century English painted pine breakfront bookcase. 1790.
Code: 8847
Dimensions:
W: 58.5" (148.6 cm)
H: 79" (200.7 cm)
D: 17" (43.2 cm)
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Pine
Antique English George III Slant-Front Secretary w/ Bookcase in Cuban Mahogany
Located in Miami, FL
A fine 18th century George III English bureau bookcase secretary in solid West Indies/ Cuban mahogany. The bonnet features a swan neck, broken-scroll pediment with carved rosettes an...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
English 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment and Ogee Feet
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English George III Mahogany Secretary Desk with Bookcase circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETARY DESK WITH GLAZED UPPER BOOKCASE
England, circa 1780 formerly with Ginsburg & Levy
Item # 401HYF25Q
A rich and vibrant secretary desk from the late yea...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Irish Georgian Ebonised Mahogany & Astral Glazed Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1790
Monumental Irish Georgian Ebonised Mahogany & Astral Glazed Breakfront Bookcase
A Rare and Exceptional Example
sku 1955
(later replaced backboards)
Together W298 x D38 x H...
Category
Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century George III Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century George III slant front bureau bookcase, English. A fine mahogany example. Octagonal glazed bookcase doors enclosing adjustable shelves....
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Fine English Georgian Mahogany Breakfront
Located in Bridgeport, CT
1780's. Exquisite later Georgian breakfront with Chinese Chippendale floral carved details in the mullions. The clean classical lines with carved cornice over an alternating fluted a...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
George III English Antique Mahogany Bookcase Secretary Desk circa 1780
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGE III MAHOGANY DIMINUTIVE SECRETARY WITH BOOKCASE
England, circa 1780
Item # 307PZN13W
A very fine secretary desk of diminutive proportions, this fabulous form features an upper bookcase with a cove-molded cornice over a pair of glazed doors with eight panels each, these divided with original astragal moldings, opening to reveal an adjustable three-shelf space bookcase. The doors are beautifully embellished with fluted pilasters boasting Ionic capitals that are exquisitely detailed with rich undercutting.
The lower case features a brushing slide situated over five rows of graduated drawers, the second from the top cleverly fitted with a green baize writing surface that pushes back to reveal storage space beneath while the faceted glass inkwell bottles (one missing the lid) and double trough pen tray are situated along the right side.
The timbers selected for the case are above reproach and present with a ruby hue throughout that is incredibly appealing, this finished under a glowing silky French polish to the mahogany veneers throughout. The drawers are hung with period Georgian brasses...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Italian Walnut 18th Century Library Bookcase Panneling
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A good late 18th century Italian neoclassical library room panneling. This room consists of one central bookcase with a tympan centerpiece. At both sides angle cabinets...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Chippendale Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Exceptional Quality And Rarely Found, 18th Century Georgian Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Bookcase Cupboard, Having Greek Key Carved Decoration To Cornice, Over Two Superbly...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Step Back 2 Door Book Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
Classic Georgian step back 2 door book cabinet. It has two drawers underneath with fleur-de-lys stenciling on the face of each drawer. Two doors below with one shelf storage. Vinta...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Pine
English Mahogany Secretary With Mirrored Bookcase. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English mahogany secretary with mirrored bookcase. Secretary has a upper case broken pediment top with dental molding, original mirrored doors, c...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Italian 18th Century Painted Bookcase
Located in Rome, IT
A Fine Italian 18' century painted bookcase .
Measures: cm 220 x 115 x 45.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wool
18th Century Italian Pair of Baroque Pinewood Libraries - Antique Book Cabinets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 18th Century, pair of antique Italian Baroque libraries or shelved cabinets made of hand crafted Pinewood with a weathered burgundy colored speckled patina, in good conditio...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mirror, Pine
English Chippendale Mahogany Inlaid Fall Front Secretary with Bookcase, C.1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany fall front secretary with carved molded edge finial cornice, flanking upper case hinged glass doors revealing adjustable interior shelves, period brasses, interior locks with keys, fitted interior burl walnut desk, satinwood string inlays, flanking lower case book matched...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Late 18th century Swedish oak painted bureau bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning baroque Swedish painted bureau bookcase circa 1780.
Comprising of 2 parts. Top section with a beautiful deep scrolling cornice, below...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak, Pine, Paint
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Charleston, SC
Fine 18th century Georgian mahogany breakfront bookcase with dentil moldings, plinth base and 24 pane top.
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
George II Walnut Slant Front Bureau Bookcase / Secretary
Located in Woodbury, CT
George II walnut and walnut burl slant front bureau bookcase / secretary with original hand beveled mirrored doors on bracket feet. Upper cabinet with candle slides conceals book she...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Exemplary George I Mulberry Bureau Bookcase c. 1720
By Coxed and Woster
Located in Heathfield, GB
An extremely rare piece of early 18th century English furniture made in mulberry wood and with a fitted upper case retaining its original pigeon hole divisions and its full set of graduated oak lined drawers.
The well fitted interior of the bureau with mulberry faced drawers and original well with two secret oak drawers hidden within the well’s inner framework.
The upper doors with three bookmatched panels of mulberry on each, set within a beautiful and fine featherbanded border. The front of the bureau fall with four bookmatched panels again set within a fine featherbanded border. And the front of each principal drawer beneath the fall with the same mulberry bookmatched panelling within featherbanded borders.
The small drawers within the bureau have incredibly slender and fine oak linings with tiny dovetails. One drawer has a replacement lining but all others are original as are all of the oak linings to the drawers in the upper case and the to the principal drawers. Original backboards, original bun feet with some wear and old worm holes but long since dead. Both locks original and with the same working key.
Mulberry is a very rare timber. It is not taken from a Mulberry bush or tree, it is a thickly cut veneer (usually field maple or sycamore) stained and then washed in an acid which has had copper and other metals dissolved in it. This creates beautiful highlights and contrasts in the wood to make it resemble tortoiseshell.
The necessity within the British Isles in the late 1600s and early 1700s to create a tortoiseshell appearance was driven by work of the French cabinet maker Andre-Charles Boulle who used polished tortoiseshell inlaid with brass scroll work to create ‘boulle work’. Such pieces selling for huge sums and being highly favoured and collected by the British Royalty and aristocracy.
It is believed that very few British cabinet makers knew how to create this mulberry wood and that the staining process was hotly guarded. Prominent exponents were Coxed and Woster - their mulberry-wood work usually inlaid with pewter stringing and mounts.
Very few mulberry wood pieces have ever come to the market. This is a superb quality example from a private estate where it has been in the same family for many generations. The cabinet work is exceptional and the whole is in very original condition. The well developed colour and patina are glorious.
Made by hand in c. 1720 and of small elegant proportions, this is one of the finest pieces of furniture I have had the pleasure of getting to know and it is an extremely important and rare early 17th century bureau...
Category
George I Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Maple
Antique Chippendale period mahogany breakfront bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine quality impressive mid-18th Century Chippendale period flame figured mahogany Breakfront Bookcase, having bold carved & dentilled swan-neck pediment enclosing blind fretwork w...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 18th century English George III mahogany Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of glazed doors, slant fr...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
18th Century Italian Bookcase with Glass Doors
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Italian Bookcase with Glass Doors
18th Century Italian Painted And Gilt Bookcase.
This 18th century Italian bookcase is painted and parcel gilt and has 3 glass cabinet doors above for display, 3 drawers below and 3 wood cabinet doors at the bottom for storage.
The paint decoration on this outstanding Tuscan bookcase...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Superb 18th century Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Secretary Bookcase
Located in Charleston, SC
Superb 18th century Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Secretary Bookcase. This incredible secretary has highly figured mahogany, an intricate ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Provencal Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Spectacular late 18th Century Provencal bookcase / display cabinet.
Shelved interior with two drawers at the bottom behind bifold panelled doors. Oozing charm with classic provincia...
Category
Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th-Century Dutch Trumeau Cabinet Bookcase in Burl and Bois de Rose early 1700s
Located in Roma, IT
Spectacular and completely original 18th-Century Dutch Trumeau of outstanding quality in Walnut Burl and Bois de Rose.
Acquired in 2005 at the prestigious Sotheby’s auction house for €51,000 and with the complete documentation.
Original High-Era Piece with Hidden Compartments, made in a magnificent walnut burl, bois de rose with exquisite inlays, curved profiles, and a splendid carved pediment, characteristic of Dutch cabinetmaking of the period. Completed by its original beveled antiqued mirror doors...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Crystal, Brass
English Chippendale Mahogany Breakfront With Secretary, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale mahogany breakfront with carved molded cornice, four upper case glass doors with arched oval mullions, adjustable interior shelving, lower case concealing a slidi...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Whitewashed Bookcase, Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century French Louis XVI period whitewashed bookcase ~ vitrine in oak features a stately presence while retaining a rustic charm that is ideal ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Oak
Early George III Period Bureau Bookcase with Swan Neck Pediment
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early George III period bureau bookcase with fretwork swan neck pediment, 30-paned bookcase, slant front enclosed leather writing surface, fitted...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
Chippendale Mahogany Secretaire Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
A classic Chippendale-period secretaire breakfront library bookcase in well-figured mahogany. Early-George III, circa 1760. Of excellent colour, patina, and condition throughout.
Th...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Georgian Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Antique George III Secretaire Bookcase
A good George III secretaire bookcase in mahogany with a burr yew wood interior - attractive glazing bars and original tall splay feet
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
New English Made Chippendale Style Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase, In Stock
Located in North Salem, NY
New Wood & Hogan Mahogany English-made breakfront bookcase in the manner of Thomas Chippendale. This piece truly reflects the superior craftsmanship of a highly skilled cabinet maker...
Category
English Chippendale Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany and Satinwood Secretary Desk Bookcase, 1790-1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
An eccentric and highly unusual Classic Sheraton style mahogany and satinwood inlay slant front secretary with Chinese Chippendale style fine tracery (open-work) decoration.
An impre...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique 2 Piece English Burl Bookcase Cabinet - Circa 1730 -1750 For Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
This Cabinet requires restoration. An antique English bookcase cabinet in two parts, George I or William & Mary, circa 1730 - 1750 with two beveled mirrored doors, adjustable shelvin...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
18th Century Oak Corner Library Cupboard
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This mid-18th century oak corner cupboard originates from the Prebysterie (living quarters of a pastor) of the small Normandy village of Foie, now part of Normanville. It was reputed...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
18th Century English Bureau Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Very small late 18th C English painted oak bureau bookcase. 1780.
Reference: 7382
Dimensions
34 inches (86 cms) Wide
19.5 inches (50 cms) Deep
82 inches (208 cms) High.
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Oak
Antique Queen Anne Fantastic Quality Burr Walnut & Featherbanded Bureau Bookcase
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Queen Anne fantastic quality burr walnut and featherbanded bureau bookcase having a shaped moulded top with three original turned finals above a pair of burr walnut bevelled ...
Category
English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Antique George III Breakfront Bookcase in Mahogany with Broken Pediment Cornice
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A wonderful Georgian mahogany breakfront bookcase of small proportions with astragal glazed doors and broken architectural pediment cornice, 18th century. The upper part with origina...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Imperial Russian Gilt Bronze, Brass and Mahogany Display Cabinet
By Christian Meyer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional late 18th century Imperial Russian empire bookcase or display cabinet in the finest figured mahogany richly inlaid and mounted with gilded brass and gilt bronze. The bookcase is characteristic of the Russian "Jacob" style which was fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th century in France. The overall design however owes more to the work of David Roentgen than it does to the Jacob...
Category
Russian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Library Bookcase Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent George III period seven door breakfront library bookcase. Constructed in the finest quality figured mahogany, having a moulded cornice above seven astragal glazed doors...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Osvaldo Borsani Rare Wall Bookcase with Pomodoro Artwork
Located in Milano, IT
Discover a masterpiece of mid-century Italian design with this exquisite wall bookcase by Osvaldo Borsani, created in the 1960s to 70s and proudly bearing the Tecno label. Renowned f...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Russian Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Located in Queens, NY
Russian (18th Century) mahogany secretary bookcase with brass gallery pediment and trim with 2 front doors revealing 3 drawers and shelves ...
Category
Russian Empire Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass
George II Walnut Double Dome Bureau Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
With double arch top over a pair of mirror doors opening to an elaborately fitted interior, the base with two candle slides and hinged slant lid writing ...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Exceptional Painted Concave Library Bookcase
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Truly exceptional and very rare antique painted pine concave library bookcase. George III or later. Wonderful wavy hand blown glass in the doors, 1780.
Dimensions
83.5 inches (21...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Pine
18th Century French Louis XV Grand Scale Bibliothèque or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A grand scale 18th century French Louis XV Period bibliothe`que, or bookcase, from the Loire Valley. Made of solid cherry wood with chestnut as a secondary wood and constructed in tw...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Iron
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase in the Manner of Thomas Sheraton
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A George III Sheraton period mahogany breakfront bookcase of good low-waisted proportions, attractive arched glazing bars inlaid with ebony and satinwood diamonds which match the inl...
Category
English Sheraton Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Stunning 18th Century Italian Bookcase
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Dating from the 18th Century and of Italian origin, this fine grand scale bookcase has a molded frieze above a three-bay open bookcase. Each bay contains shelves flanked by Corinthia...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV 18th Century Walnut Vitrine Display Cabinet with Glass Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite French Louis XV period walnut vitrine display cabinet from the 18th century, with single glass door and richly carved floral-themed motifs. ...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Walnut
18thC Glazed Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
George III Mahogany glazed library bookcase
A late 18th/early 19thC library bookcase. Well figured mahogany with an interesting arrangement of glazing bars. In good overall conditio...
Category
European George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Austrian 18th Century Empire Style Two Doors Larch Wood Armoire Wardrobe Cabinet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Precious and original larch wood wardrobe, convertible into a bookcase, with two doors in the Austrian Empire style of the 18th century
The wardrobe, all in larch wood, is all origi...
Category
Austrian Empire Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Brass, Other
French Régence Biblioteque, Early 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A rare French Régence period biblioteque, circa 1740, with arched wire-inset doors over two lower square paneled doors with adjustable interior shelves, “galbe” paneled side doors co...
Category
French Régence Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Wood
George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely proportioned with broken arch carved pediment terminating with flower heads over a fluted frieze over a pair of doors flanked by a pair of doors all with honeycomb mullions en...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
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