Lot Essay
These shelf-fitted bookcases are designed in the late 18th Century French/antique manner. Similar designs were published by Thomas Sheraton in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1794 and Cabinet Dictionary, 1803
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A pair of Regency rosewood and simulated rosewood and gilt- embellished dwarf bookcases, the eared rectangular galleried tops supported by fluted columns and divided by two adjustable open shelves, on turned toupie feet, adapted, 34in. (86.6cm) wide, 36¼in. (92cm) high, 14½in. (37cm) deep (2)
These shelf-fitted bookcases are designed in the late 18th Century French/antique manner. Similar designs were published by Thomas Sheraton in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1794 and Cabinet Dictionary, 1803