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ANTIQUE #SA242151

Victorian Gothic Oak Library Bookcase

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: The Antique Furniture Company

A very good quality late Victorian Arts & Crafts oak library bookcase in the Gothic style featuring trefoils, canted corners and planked doors and sides.
 
It has a moulded cornice with three trefoils to the front and two to each side. The open top has eight shelves each with gilt embossed green felt skirts above a base with two drawers and two planked cupboard doors. The shelves to the upper section are adjustable or removable and each measure 70cm wide x 25.5cm (27 ?in x 10in) deep, deeper books can be put there because of the open design). The left base drawer has built in dividers and the cupboard beneath has two adjustable full width shelves 142.5cm wide x 37.5cm deep (56 ?in x 14 ¾in).
 
The drawers and doors are fitted with brass handles, locks and escutcheons with brass catches to the left side door. Whilst there is no key a good lock smith should be able to cut one if taken the locks. One handle has been replaced with one of a similar design, the remaining original hand...
Antique SA242151 shown on this page was made in the Victorian Era. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
The Antique Furniture Company
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Tel: 01337 920027
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD