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Georgian Mahogany Fall-front Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Panels
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for sale €2,048     $2,223
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Georgian Mahogany Fall-front Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Panels

18th century
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A 18th-century Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase featuring a distinguished architectural form. Its grand scale and impressive historical outline make it a beautiful statement piece for a principal library, a formal dining room, or a spacious country house hallway.

The upper section is defined by its elegant mirrored doors, which add wonderful depth and light reflection to a room, opening to reveal a generous shelving space. Below, the classic fall-front writing surface lowers to provide an expansive desk area and opens to a fitted interior, all sitting above a base configured with a flight of graduating storage drawers.

The piece is in showroom condition. It is ready for immediate use in the home.

Dimensions:

* Height: 229 cm

* Width: 101 cm

* Depth: 54 cm

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Colton Antiques has dated this Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase to the 18th Century.

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SA1116635
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A 18th-century Georgian mahogany bureau bookcase featuring a distinguished architectural form.
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Its grand scale and impressive historical outline make it a beautiful statement piece for a principal library, a formal dining room, or a spacious country house hallway.
Colton Antiques
fig 1. A Georgian mahogany fall-front bureau bookcase featuring a swan-neck pediment, mirrored double doors, a sloped desk flap, and brass-handled drawers.
fig 1. Georgian Mahogany Fall-front Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Panels

The upper section is defined by its elegant mirrored doors, which add wonderful depth and light reflection to a room, opening to reveal a generous shelving space. Below, the classic fall-front writing surface lowers to provide an expansive desk area and opens to a fitted interior, all sitting above a base configured with a flight of graduating storage drawers.

The piece is in showroom condition. It is ready for immediate use in the home.

Dimensions:

Height: 229 cm

Width: 101 cm

Depth: 54 cm

Date of Manufacture

Colton Antiques has dated this Georgian Mahogany Bureau Bookcase to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1116635
Dealers Internal Ref
026
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Archive I A Georgian mahogany fall-front bureau bookcase featuring a swan-neck pediment, mirrored double doors, a sloped desk flap, and brass-handled drawers.

Georgian Mahogany Fall-Front Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Panels

Archive II A Georgian mahogany fall-front bureau bookcase featuring a swan-neck pediment, mirrored double doors, a sloped desk flap, and brass-handled drawers. View II
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A Georgian mahogany fall-front bureau bookcase featuring a swan-neck pediment, mirrored double doors, a sloped desk flap, and brass-handled drawers.
Georgian Mahogany Fall-Front Bureau Bookcase with Mirror Panels
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A Georgian mahogany fall-front bureau bookcase featuring a swan-neck pediment, mirrored double doors, a sloped desk flap, and brass-handled drawers.
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A Georgian bureau bookcase is a dual-part writing and storage cabinet developed during the eighteenth century in Britain. It features a slant-front bureau at the base containing a drop-down writing surface and drawers, surmounted by an upper cabinet equipped with shelves and enclosed by wooden or mirrored doors.

Eighteenth-century examples were primarily crafted from solid mahogany or walnut, with secondary timbers such as oak or pine used for drawer linings and backboards. Hardware typically consisted of cast brass drop handles and escutcheons, while upper door panels contained clear glass, mirrored glass, or timber fieldings.

Authentic pieces feature hand-cut dovetail joints on the drawers, hand-sawn secondary timber on the rear casing, and period-correct brass fittings showing natural surface oxidisation. The slant-front writing surface will typically display original support lopers that pull out manually to hold the flap.

Place the piece as a focal point against a neutral wall in a home office, library, or drawing room. Style the interior writing compartment with contemporary stationery or ceramics, and pair the heavy timber structure with modern task lighting to create a balanced contrast.

Dust the wood regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and apply a beeswax polish annually along the direction of the grain. Keep the cabinet away from direct sunlight, radiators, and extreme fluctuations in humidity to prevent wood movement, shrinkage, or cracking.
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