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4 Door Profusely Carved Mahogany Bookcase
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4 Door Profusely Carved Mahogany Bookcase

19th century
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Circa 1880. A late Victorian profusely carved mahogany four door breakfront bookcase. The stylish moulded cornice with carving beneath, with a well carved frieze with foliate carving and raised panels. Four large glazed doors with four adjustable shelves in each of the sections, there is carved corbels between each of the doors with foliate and tapering bell drops. Beneath the top section there is four drawers each with carving similar to the cornice, with cast brass foliate inspired handles with drops on the back plates, the inside of the drawers are polished. The base with four doors each with raised carved panels, canted corners with C scrolls and foliate carving on each corner. Each of the panels with various musical instruments in the style of Grinling Gibbons with corbels on each side of the doors. All sit on a large enclosed mahogany base, the bookcase breaks down into six sections for ease of movement.

Physical Dimensions
Height
260cm (102.36")
Width
256cm (100.79")
Depth
38cm (14.96")
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Georgian Antiques has dated this Carved Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase to the 19th Century.

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SA1109953
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32648
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Circa 1880. A late Victorian profusely carved mahogany four door breakfront bookcase.
The stylish moulded cornice with carving beneath, with a well carved frieze with foliate carving and raised panels.
Georgian Antiques

Four large glazed doors with four adjustable shelves in each of the sections, there is carved corbels between each of the doors with foliate and tapering bell drops. Beneath the top section there is four drawers each with carving similar to the cornice, with cast brass foliate inspired handles with drops on the back plates, the inside of the drawers are polished. The base with four doors each with raised carved panels, canted corners with C scrolls and foliate carving on each corner. Each of the panels with various musical instruments in the style of Grinling Gibbons with corbels on each side of the doors. All sit on a large enclosed mahogany base, the bookcase breaks down into six sections for ease of movement.

Height
260cm (102.36")
Width
256cm (100.79")
Depth
38cm (14.96")
Date of Manufacture

Georgian Antiques has dated this Carved Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1109953
Dealers Internal Ref
32648
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A four-door Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase with carved lower panels and upper glazed doors.
4 Door Profusely Carved Mahogany Bookcase
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A four-door Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase with carved lower panels and upper glazed doors.
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A breakfront bookcase features a central section that projects further forward than the flanking side cabinets. This architectural profile was widely adopted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to create visual depth and structure in large library furniture.

Victorian bookcases were predominantly constructed from solid mahogany, walnut, or oak, often finished with flame mahogany veneers on panel faces. Glazed upper doors utilised hand-blown glass panels set into timber frames, secured with cast brass hardware.

Authentic nineteenth-century pieces feature hand-cut dovetail joints on internal drawers, hand-carved relief details rather than moulded compositions, and original glass panes showing slight thickness variations. The back panels typically consist of tongue-and-groove boards showing hand-planing marks.

A large bookcase functions as a focal architectural feature in a study, dining room, or wide hallway. Interior designers often blend bound volumes with ceramics, brass objects, and framed art on open shelves to soften the visual weight of dark timber.

Dust mahogany regularly with a soft microfiber cloth, avoiding liquid polishes containing silicone. Apply a high-grade beeswax paste once or twice a year, buffing in the direction of the wood grain to maintain the protective patination and clean carved crevices with a dry, soft brush.
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