Lot Essay
The extensive use of mahogany in the construction of this bookcase combined with the tinted glass and pierced back panels, suggests that it was possibly manufactured in a far eastern colony.
Details
A VICTORIAN GONCALO-ALVES BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
The moulded rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of Gothic-glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves and flanked on each side by a conformingly glazed door, each enclosing five adjustable shelves, the lower section with a plain frieze above a pair of raised Gothic-panelled doors with scrolled volutes and enclosing an adjustable shelf, flanked on each side by a conforming door enclosing two adjustable shelves, on a plain plinth, restorations
The moulded rectangular cavetto cornice above a pair of Gothic-glazed doors enclosing four adjustable shelves and flanked on each side by a conformingly glazed door, each enclosing five adjustable shelves, the lower section with a plain frieze above a pair of raised Gothic-panelled doors with scrolled volutes and enclosing an adjustable shelf, flanked on each side by a conforming door enclosing two adjustable shelves, on a plain plinth, restorations
Provenance
Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 13 October 1988, lot 152 (£24,200).
Sale room notice
The measurements for this lot are: 88½ in. (225 cm.) wide; 95½ in. (242 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep