CIRCA 1720

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A GEORGE I FEATHER-BANDED FIGURED WALNUT BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1720
With two glazed doors divided in six panels each, the interior fitted with three drawers, the lower part with two further doors enclosing a shelf, on bracket feet
108 in. (274 cm.) high; 66½ in. (168 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The arched doors, thick glazing bars that are purposely unaligned with the shelves, cockbead mouldings and absence of any significant brassware suggest an early date. The frontispiece of a contemporary publication, The Ladies' Library (1714) illustrates a similar bookcase to the present example. Another related oak bookcase (1710-40) with similar arched doors and thick glazing bars is included in Adam Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Woodbridge, 2009, pp. 132-133.

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