C19th William IV period mahogany library bookcase.
Excellent quality flame-veneered mahogany glazed-top bookcase , with fitted secretaire drawer over an inverted break-front 4-cupboard base.
Ovoid bar-glazed 2-door bookcase top fitted with 2 adjustable shelves, beneath a flared, stepped cavetto cornice. The secretaire with figured satinwood interior comprising an arrangement of drawers (one fitted as a pen/ink drawer) and correspondence ''pigeon-holes''.
The lower inverted break-front base comprising of 2 end side cupboards with adjustable shelves, and 2-door centre enclosing an unusual central bank of drawers fitment with ''secret'' / concealed drawers behind. All conforming moulded arch-panel decoration, with ovoid secretaire drawer panel echoing the glazing.
Original panelled back, the whole raised on a plinth base.
Rich mahogany patina and colour ,in good original condition , with minor shrinkage crack to top left of base section (shown).
H 89''
W
...46''
D 22''.
England c. 1835
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Internal Reference: MLBO 1410
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA307905
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Height is 226.0605cm (89.0inches)Width is 116.8402cm (46.0inches)Depth is 55.8801cm (22.0inches)
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