Birdseye Maple Bureau Bookcase C.1890

Name: Birdseye Maple Bureau Bookcase C.1890
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1213192
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Very elegant late 19th.c. French bureau bookcase c.1890. Two door bookcase top fitted with two adjustable shelves (depth 7") and with two small drawers. Over a fall front writing desk with a baize lined writing surface which slides forward to afford more knee height and with two small stationery drawers inside and a larger frieze drawer below. Beautiful birdeye maple veneers across the exterior with contrasting raised mahogany mouldings. Carved detail to the centre of the cornice, the shape of which is echoed in the top of the glazed door panels. Curving front to the desk repeated on the sides of the top. Shaped apron to the long drawer front continued on the sides and raised on slim cabriole legs with carved detail to the knees and feet all round. Rosewood lined interior, mahogany drawer linings. A bubble to the veneer on the flat surface on the top of the desk. Otherwise excellent condition. Restored cleaned and waxed in our workshops. Keys supplied for the doors, the fall and the drawers.

Width: 38" (96.5 cm)

Height: 75" (190.5 cm)

Depth: 23" (58.5 cm)

Physical Dimensions

Height

190.5cm (75.00")

Width

96.5cm (37.99")

Depth

58.5cm (23.03")

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1213192

Dealers Internal Reference

37733

Dealers Notes

Please contact us for more images, delivery and international shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. Open 7 days a week. 01492 580022.

Description

Very elegant late 19th.c. French bureau bookcase c.1890. Two door bookcase top fitted with two adjustable shelves (depth 7") and with two small drawers.

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Over a fall front writing desk with a baize lined writing surface which slides forward to afford more knee height and with two small stationery drawers inside and a larger frieze drawer below.

Collinge Antiques

Beautiful birdeye maple veneers across the exterior with contrasting raised mahogany mouldings. Carved detail to the centre of the cornice, the shape of which is echoed in the top of the glazed door panels. Curving front to the desk repeated on the sides of the top. Shaped apron to the long drawer front continued on the sides and raised on slim cabriole legs with carved detail to the knees and feet all round. Rosewood lined interior, mahogany drawer linings. A bubble to the veneer on the flat surface on the top of the desk. Otherwise excellent condition. Restored cleaned and waxed in our workshops. Keys supplied for the doors, the fall and the drawers.

Width: 38" (96.5 cm)

Height: 75" (190.5 cm)

Depth: 23" (58.5 cm)