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Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd
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Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase

18th century
Description

A very good Chippendale Period Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, the moulded pediment with a cross banded frieze above four 15 pane glazed doors with re-entrant corners opening onto adjustable shelves, the base with four panelled doors with an adjustable shelf to the central pair and three drawers each retaining their original swan neck handles behind the flanking doors and the whole raised on a plinth base.

Note: The quality, condition and design of this bookcase are exceptional and the pattern of 15 pane glazing bars as seen on this example are clearly illustrated in Thomas Chippendale’s “Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director” first published in1754.

Circa1765

Price :£ 27,500-00p.

H:94”, 239 cms,W:99.5”, 253 cms, D:24”, 61 cms.

Lit: Thomas Chippendale’s “Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director”, 3rd Edition, Library Bookcases Plate XCV, XC, XCI and XCIV, also China Case, Plate CXXXV,

Christopher Gilbert, “The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, Page 68 Plate 104,

Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779, Catalogue of the Tercentenary Exhibition, James Lomax and Adam Bowett, Page 56 Plate 2.

Provenance: Private collection acquired from Witney Antiques in 1996.

Physical Dimensions
Height
239cm (94.09")
Width
253cm (99.61")
Depth
61cm (24.02")
Declaration

W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA908893
Dealers Internal Reference
10948
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Description
A very good Chippendale Period Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, the moulded pediment with a cross banded frieze above four 15 pane glazed doors with re-entrant corners opening onto adjustable shelves, the base with four panelled doors with an adjustable shelf to the central pair and three drawers each retaining their original swan neck handles behind the flanking doors and the whole raised on a plinth base.
fig 1. Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase
fig 1. Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase

Note: The quality, condition and design of this bookcase are exceptional and the pattern of 15 pane glazing bars as seen on this example are clearly illustrated in Thomas Chippendale’s “Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director” first published in1754.

fig 2. Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase
fig 2. Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase

Circa1765

Price :£ 27,500-00p.

H:94”, 239 cms,W:99.5”, 253 cms, D:24”, 61 cms.

“
Lit: Thomas Chippendale’s “Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director”, 3rd Edition, Library Bookcases Plate XCV, XC, XCI and XCIV, also China Case, Plate CXXXV,.
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd
fig 3. Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase
fig 3. Chippendale Period Mahogany Library Breakfront Bookcase

Christopher Gilbert, “The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, Page 68 Plate 104,

Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779, Catalogue of the Tercentenary Exhibition, James Lomax and Adam Bowett, Page 56 Plate 2.

Provenance: Private collection acquired from Witney Antiques in 1996.

Height
239cm (94.09")
Width
253cm (99.61")
Depth
61cm (24.02")
Date of Manufacture

W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA908893
Dealers Internal Ref
10948
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2016

Specialists in 17th-18th and early 19th century fine english furniture, art, clocks and other objets d'art

Dealer Profile

You can view the stock and full dealer information on the W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd Profile Page

Trade Associations

W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd is a registered member of LAPADA 

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OX28 6BU
United Kingdom
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