Lot Essay
The design of this bookcase was inspired by a pattern for a 'Library Bookcase' in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd edn., 1762, pl.XCVII.
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
The later pierced quatrefoil gothic cresting with foliate-carved spire finials above two pairs of glazed doors with gothic arch mullions, the base with floral-chained-carved cartouche edge above a frieze drawer lined with green baize over a pair of panelled doors, flanked by further doors, with molded panels, on a blind-fret carved base and bracket feet, alterations
110in. (279.5cm.) high, 98½in. (250cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep
The later pierced quatrefoil gothic cresting with foliate-carved spire finials above two pairs of glazed doors with gothic arch mullions, the base with floral-chained-carved cartouche edge above a frieze drawer lined with green baize over a pair of panelled doors, flanked by further doors, with molded panels, on a blind-fret carved base and bracket feet, alterations
110in. (279.5cm.) high, 98½in. (250cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep