Apter-Fredericks

Important English 18th Century Antique Furniture

Bookcases

An Exceptional Pair of Chinoiserie Cabinets Commissioned for the Chinese Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire & Attributed to Marsh & Tatham
An Important George I Gilt & Black-Japanned Bureau Bookcase
A George III Satinwood, Harewood, Burr-Yew and Marquetry Breakfront Bookcase Attributed to Mayhew & Ince
A Regency Secretaire Breakfront Bookcase
A Large George III Mahogany Hanging Shelf with Pierced and Carved Sides
A George III Satinwood and Decorated Bookcase
An Early George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase
A Regency Period Rosewood & Ormolu Mounted Secretaire Cabinet
A George III Carved Mahogany Bookcase
A George III Satinwood, Rosewood & Burr Yew-Wood Breakfront Bookcase
A Mid Eighteenth Century Burr Maple Bureau Bookcase
A Rare Regency Rosewood and Parcel-Gilt Revolving Bookstand
A George III Satinwood, Rosewood & Burr Yew-Wood Breakfront Bookcase

A George III Satinwood, Rosewood & Burr Yew-Wood Breakfront Bookcase

Height: 90" 235cm
Width: 73" 187cm
Depth: 19" 50cm

The breakfront bookcase has a cornice with painted and engraved decoration above a cabinet section with gothic arched glazing bars. Below, the base has a simulated fluted banding interspersed with inlaid patarae above four drawers and four cupboards each veneered in satinwood with burr yew wood panels and rosewood cross-banding.

In the breakfront centre section the two drawers are in fact one, which opens to reveal a secretaire complete with pigeon holes and small drawers veneered with burr yew wood and satinwood cross-banding. The cupboards open to reveal wooden sliding trays.

English, Circa 1790

PROVENANCE
Judge Coles, Bolney Lodge, Bolney Sussex