What defines twentieth-century Neoclassical Revival open bookcases?

Twentieth-century Neoclassical Revival bookcases draw inspiration from late eighteenth-century Sheraton and Hepplewhite designs, featuring clean linear profiles, refined timber veneers such as burr walnut, and delicate inlaid motifs like husk festoons or swags.

What materials were traditionally used in crafting open walnut bookcases?

These pieces were typically constructed using solid hardwood frames overlaid with figure-rich walnut or burr walnut veneers, complemented by boxwood or satinwood stringing and marquetry inlays along the frieze and top edges.

How can you identify authentic period marquetry and veneer on a bookcase?

Authentic period marquetry shows subtle surface irregularities, natural timber patination, fine joins in the veneer cuts, and age-consistent wear around high-touch areas rather than modern uniform printing or synthetic finishes.

How do you style a low open bookcase in modern interiors?

Position a low open bookcase along a hallway wall, under a window, or behind a sofa to serve as accessible book storage while using the flat top surface to hold framed art, lamps, or decorative ceramics.

How should antique walnut timber and book collections be maintained?

Dust the timber regularly with a soft dry cloth and apply a high-quality beeswax polish sparingly once or twice a year, keeping the unit away from direct sunlight and radiator heat sources to prevent veneer lifting and spine fading.

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Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Name: Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1193240
Price: 1750 GBP
Availability: InStock

19th century

For Sale by Regent Antiques

Description

The Clydesdale Stud book. A collection of 67 Victorian and later hardback books dating from 1885 to 1943 and a walnut and inlaid open bookcase. The bookcase has two adjustable shelves, is made from burr walnut and has superb satin wood inlaid decoration.

Passports and Registrations Pedigree Rules and Breeding Programme

Introduction to our Rules and Breeding Programme

The Clydesdale Horse Society is constituted as a Limited Company, Limited by Guarantee. It operates under a Memorandum and Articles of Association. For the purposes of Breeding, historically it has produced a Stud Book which operates under rules of stet down and approved by it's Editing Committee. The Society's pedigree rules (updated in October 2020 at paragraph 1 specifically for the non discrimination statement included therein) are set out below.

Following the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union for all practical purposed effective from 1 January 2021, in conjunction with the Scottish Government and its application for Scotland to receive accreditation of third Country Listing following Brexit, the Society has created a new document entitled its Breeding Programme.

Dated: 1893, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952-1953.

Inculding:

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume IX

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume VL Second Edition

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLVI

The Clydesdale Stud Book Vlume Second Edition

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume X

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XI

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLV

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLVI

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume 75

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume 76

The Clydesdale Stud Book Retrospective Volume

Condition:

Good - consistent with age.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 22 cm x Width 7 cm x Depth 16 cm - Largest Book

Height 101 cm x Width 100 cm x Depth 32 cm - Bookcase

Dimensions in inches:

Height 9 inches x Width 3 inches x Depth 6 inches - Largest Book

Height 3 foot, 4 inches x Width 3 foot, 3 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch - Bookcase

Walnut & Burr Walnut

Walnut is a hard, dense, tight- grained wood that polishes to a very smooth finish. It is a popular and attractive wood whose colour ranges from near white in the sapwood to a dark hew in the heartwood. When dried in a kiln, walnut wood tends to develop a dull brown colour, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Because of its colour, hardness and grain, it is a prized furniture and carving wood. Walnut veneer was highly priced and the cost would reflect the ‘fanciness’ of the veneer – the more decorative, then the more expensive and desirable.

Burr walnut refers to the swirling figure present in nearly all walnut when cut and polished, and especially in the wood taken from the base of the tree where it joins the roots. However the true burr is a rare growth on the tree where hundreds of tiny branches have started to grow. Burr walnut produces some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find.

Walnut "burrs" were often used to make fabulous furniture. Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized by cabinet makers and prestige car manufacturers and is also a favourite material for shotgun stocks.

Our reference: A5079

Physical Dimensions

Height

22cm (8.66")

Width

7cm (2.76")

Depth

16cm (6.30")

Declaration

Regent Antiques has dated this Antique Walnut Open Bookcase to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1193240

Dealers Internal Reference

A5079

Description

The Clydesdale Stud book.

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A collection of 67 Victorian and later hardback books dating from 1885 to 1943 and a walnut and inlaid open bookcase.

Regent Antiques

The bookcase has two adjustable shelves, is made from burr walnut and has superb satin wood inlaid decoration.

fig 1. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 1. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Passports and Registrations Pedigree Rules and Breeding Programme

Introduction to our Rules and Breeding Programme

The Clydesdale Horse Society is constituted as a Limited Company, Limited by Guarantee. It operates under a Memorandum and Articles of Association. For the purposes of Breeding, historically it has produced a Stud Book which operates under rules of stet down and approved by it's Editing Committee. The Society's pedigree rules (updated in October 2020 at paragraph 1 specifically for the non discrimination statement included therein) are set out below.

fig 2. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 2. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Following the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union for all practical purposed effective from 1 January 2021, in conjunction with the Scottish Government and its application for Scotland to receive accreditation of third Country Listing following Brexit, the Society has created a new document entitled its Breeding Programme.

fig 3. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 3. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Dated: 1893, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952-1953.

fig 4. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 4. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Inculding:

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume IX

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume VL Second Edition

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLVI

The Clydesdale Stud Book Vlume Second Edition

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume X

fig 5. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 5. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XI

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLV

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume XLVI

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume 75

The Clydesdale Stud Book Volume 76

The Clydesdale Stud Book Retrospective Volume

fig 6. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 6. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Condition:

Good - consistent with age.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 22 cm x Width 7 cm x Depth 16 cm - Largest Book

Height 101 cm x Width 100 cm x Depth 32 cm - Bookcase

Dimensions in inches:

Height 9 inches x Width 3 inches x Depth 6 inches - Largest Book

fig 7. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 7. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Height 3 foot, 4 inches x Width 3 foot, 3 inches x Depth 1 foot, 1 inch - Bookcase

Walnut & Burr Walnut

Walnut is a hard, dense, tight- grained wood that polishes to a very smooth finish. It is a popular and attractive wood whose colour ranges from near white in the sapwood to a dark hew in the heartwood. When dried in a kiln, walnut wood tends to develop a dull brown colour, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Because of its colour, hardness and grain, it is a prized furniture and carving wood. Walnut veneer was highly priced and the cost would reflect the ‘fanciness’ of the veneer – the more decorative, then the more expensive and desirable.

fig 8. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 8. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Burr walnut refers to the swirling figure present in nearly all walnut when cut and polished, and especially in the wood taken from the base of the tree where it joins the roots. However the true burr is a rare growth on the tree where hundreds of tiny branches have started to grow. Burr walnut produces some of the most complex and beautiful figuring you can find.

fig 9. A twentieth-century low walnut open bookcase featuring inlaid festoon swags along the upper frieze, filled with three shelves of uniform volumes. — fig 9. Antique Clydesdale Stud Book Collection and Walnut Open Bookcase 20th C

Walnut "burrs" were often used to make fabulous furniture. Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized by cabinet makers and prestige car manufacturers and is also a favourite material for shotgun stocks.

Our reference: A5079