Antique American Bookcases
Antique Bookcases
Art Deco bookcases, walnut, an upright rectangular stepped case stepped open shelves, the front edges painted black, in the style of Paul Frankl, ca. 1935,
lower section projecting banded deep drawer over three graduated molded drawers flanked by turned, carved & baluster-shaped columns, on turned feet on casters, ca. 1840.
Federal ‘extension’ bookcase, mahogany, the bookcase comprised of seven separate graduated shelves, each two hinged glazed doors, above a base two cupboard doors, on vase-turned
Classical bookcase on chest, mahogany, the canted cornice projecting over an arched frieze on round tapered columns foliate capitals flanking a pair of glazed doors.
Gothic arch panes opening to shelves.
Art Deco Bookcases - Classical Mahogany Bookcase - Federal Bookcase.
George III bookcase, mahogany, two-part construction: the upper section molded swan’s-neck pediment terminating in rosettes above a pair of glazed mullioned doors opening to shelves, on a molded base; the lower section pair of paneled doors on a plinth. Eng- land, third quarter 18th century.
George III breakfront bookcase, mahogany, the molded cornice swan’s neck pediment above a plain frieze & glazed doors opening to shelves fitted arched astragal moldings, the outset lower part four molded doors, raised on a plinth. England, late 18th century.
George III stepback bookcase, mahogany, two-part construction: the top section canted molded cornice above a plain frieze over a pair of doors diamond -shaped glazed panels centered by rosettes, flanked by half-round columns; the projecting lower section two cockbeaded short drawers over a pair of molded cabinet drawers, on a molded platform base
on turned ball feet, England, early 19th century.
Georgian-Style Bookcase - Stickley Mission Bookcase.
Georgian-Style breakfront bookcase, painted pine, two-part construction: the upper section projectingcenter molded cornice over a conforming frieze above four glazed mullioned doors opening to shelves: the lower section four molded paneled cupboard doors on a molded plinth base, England, 19th century.
Mission-style (Arts & Crafts movement) bookcase, oak, the galleried rectangular top tenoned through the sides & keyed, above a pair of 6- pane glazed cabinet doors, over a keyed tenon base on cut-out feet, original.
George III Stepback Bookcase medium finish & black finished hardware, red decal mark of Gustav Stickley, Model No. 525, ca. 1901, two panes replaced, interior molding strip repair.
Mission-style (Arts & Crafts movement) bookcase, oak, the rectangular top protruding corner posts above three short drawers hammered copper pulls, over three glazed doors geometric gridwork, on square feet, original dark brown finish, Lifetime Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Mission-style (Arts Crafts movement) bookcase, oak, ‘ebonoak’ line, a gently arched backsplash a narrow oblong caned panel above the rectangular top overhanging corbels & a pair of tall glazed cupboard doors opening to three shelves, dark wood inlaid bands down the front stiles, gently ached apron & square legs, original reddish brown finish, branded mark of the Charles Furniture Company. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Model No, 801.
Regency breakfront bookcase, mahogany, the molded arcaded cornice above four glazed mullioned doors opening to shelves.
Victorian Oak Bookcase - Victorian Renaissance-Style Bookcase.
Victorian bookcase, oak, the molded cornice dentil-carved frieze above two glazed doors & paneled sides, interior fitted five adjustable shelves, on a molded plinth base, late 19th century.
Victorian bookcase, Renaissance-Style. carved mahogany, the molded rectangular cornice thrust corners above an acanthus-carved frieze over three molded glazed doors opening to shelves, flanked by columns headed by carved caryatids and terminating in carved phoenixes on a plinth base, the front feet carved the face of a muse between scrolls, late 19th century.
Victorian bookcase, Renaissance Revival substyle, carved walnut, rectangular top a gallery, the front a raised temple-form pediment centered above panels of pierced roundels flanked by corner blocks urn finials, tall glazed cupboard doors double-arched tops & raised panels below carved griffins, the doors flanked by chamfered corners.
Renaissance Revival Bookcase reeded bands above ropetwist-carved bands, a long drawer paneled veneer at the bottom, on turned bun front feet & block back feet, ca. 1885.
Victorian breakfront bookcase, Renaissance Revival substyle,mahogany, the molded cornice above a projecting central section glazed arched-panel door opening to shelves, flanked by two similar smaller doors,on a plinth base.
William IV bookcase, mahogany, a molded cornice above three open-shelved sections, the base two central doors flanked by open shelves, on a plinth, England, second quarter 19th century, Victorian Breakfront Bookcase, William IV Bookcase.
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