Archive for the ‘Art Deco Bookcases’ Category

satinwood and kingwood banded octagonal Work Table, Regency mahogany break-front Library Bookcase, kingwood crossbanded serpentine-fronted Sideboard

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

satinwood and kingwood banded octagonal Work Table, Regency mahogany break-front Library Bookcase, kingwood crossbanded serpentine-fronted Sideboard
A George III satinwood and
kingwood banded octagonal Work
Table, made-up, inlaid with yew-wood
medallions and chevron stringing, the
pair of doors enclosing three drawers, on
a chamfered baluster pillar and tripod
supports, probably Irish.
A George III mahogany Work
Table, circa, inlaid with satinwood
fan medallions, the hinged [...]

Antique Art Deco and Modernist Bookcases

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Antique Art Deco and Modernist BUREAU BOOKCASES
Bureau bookcases appear to have languished a bit in the mid-Victorian period. There was a continuation of production of the sub-classical types of the 1840s but on the whole writing was at desks and books were in
cabinets. Perhaps the pieces of Burges and Shaw exhibited in 1862 revived a [...]