Details
A mahogany breakfront bookcase, the centre section with a broken triangular pediment and two geometrically glazed doors, the side sections each with a moulded arched cornice and glazed door carved at the top with foliage and scrolls, the base fitted with three brushing slides above two panelled doors flanked by eight drawers on plinth -- 96in. (244cm.) wide; 120in. (305cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) deep.
PROVENANCE:
Crichel. Dorset
The upper part of this bookcase follows a design for a 'Library Bookcase' in Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd edition, 1762, no. XCIII
PROVENANCE:
Crichel. Dorset
The upper part of this bookcase follows a design for a 'Library Bookcase' in Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd edition, 1762, no. XCIII