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Tall Open Bookcase with Adjustable Shelves
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Tall Open Bookcase with Adjustable Shelves

1900 - 1920
For Sale by Andros Antiques
Description

This Tall Open Bookcase With Adjustable Shelves offers a large amount of storage for your books or indeed any other items you wish to display. With reeded decoration to the front uprights along with a convex reeded decoration to the top rail, to add decorative interest.

The three shelves are adjustable, enabling you to accommodate a wide variety of book sizes as you wish. Of a good weight, and with a solid timber back showing further signs of quality, this bookcase is very well made.

Presented in fully restored condition ready for your home.

All our prices include free delivery to Mainland England & Wales

Stock No 1507

Circa Edwardian

Dimensions

Width 36in/92cm

Depth 11½in/29cm

Height 54in/137cm

Shelf Depth 8½in/21cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
137cm (53.94")
Width
92cm (36.22")
Depth
29cm (11.42")
Declaration

Andros Antiques has dated this Tall Mahogany Open Bookcase to the Edwardian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1160181
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1507
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Please note that you are only buying the piece of furnitue described, and does not include the various items displayed with it.

Description
This Tall Open Bookcase With Adjustable Shelves offers a large amount of storage for your books or indeed any other items you wish to display.
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With reeded decoration to the front uprights along with a convex reeded decoration to the top rail, to add decorative interest.
Andros Antiques
fig 1. A tall antique mahogany open bookcase featuring a reeded frieze below the cornice, three adjustable shelves, and a solid plinth base.
fig 1. Tall Open Bookcase with Adjustable Shelves

The three shelves are adjustable, enabling you to accommodate a wide variety of book sizes as you wish. Of a good weight, and with a solid timber back showing further signs of quality, this bookcase is very well made.

fig 2. A tall antique mahogany open bookcase featuring a reeded frieze below the cornice, three adjustable shelves, and a solid plinth base.
fig 2. Tall Open Bookcase with Adjustable Shelves

Presented in fully restored condition ready for your home.

All our prices include free delivery to Mainland England & Wales

Stock No 1507

Circa Edwardian

Dimensions

Width 36in/92cm

Depth 11½in/29cm

Height 54in/137cm

Shelf Depth 8½in/21cm

Height
137cm (53.94")
Width
92cm (36.22")
Depth
29cm (11.42")
Date of Manufacture

Andros Antiques has dated this Tall Mahogany Open Bookcase to the Edwardian era.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1160181
Dealers Internal Ref
1507
Andros Antiques
Andros Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2018

Andros antiques has been created by two colleagues with over 80 years of experience in the antique furniture trade.

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A tall antique mahogany open bookcase featuring a reeded frieze below the cornice, three adjustable shelves, and a solid plinth base.
Tall Open Bookcase With Adjustable Shelves
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A tall antique mahogany open bookcase featuring a reeded frieze below the cornice, three adjustable shelves, and a solid plinth base.
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An antique open mahogany bookcase features exposed shelving without glass doors, designed for immediate access to literature. Constructed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, these pieces were traditionally built for private studies and home libraries using solid dense timber.

Period bookcases frequently utilise hand-planed backing boards, dovetail jointing at the frame corners, and internal saw-tooth notch systems or brass supports that allow the shelf heights to be adjusted manually.

Authentic nineteenth-century examples feature natural patination, subtle variations from hand-cut joinery, period-correct shelf adjustment mechanisms, and timber graining consistent with traditional hand-sawing techniques.

Integrate these classical wooden storage units into contemporary settings by combining curated modern decorative objects, small framed art prints, and ceramics alongside traditional leather-bound volumes.

Dust surfaces regularly using a clean, soft cloth and apply a high-grade beeswax polish once or twice annually to preserve the timber finish while keeping the unit away from direct heat sources and sunlight.
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