Why are 20th century pieces in a Georgian category?

Because Georgian Revival and Georgian-style bookcases are catalogued under the same heading as period ones. Blocks of listings date to the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, 96 in all. The dated field runs 1750 to 1960 as a result. Titles reading 'Georgian style' or 'Georgian Revival' mark out that group.

What timber are they made of?

Mahogany, for the most part. It's named in 388 of 577 titles, including 64 mahogany secretaires and 57 mahogany breakfronts. The others are thin on the ground: walnut, satinwood, oak and rosewood run to the teens each. Partridge wood, sabicu, harewood, yew and pitch pine each turn up once, at the top of the range.

What's the difference between a secretaire and a bureau bookcase?

A secretaire bookcase has a flat writing surface behind a fall front or inside a pull-out fitted drawer. There are 102 of them in the archive. A bureau bookcase sits on a sloping-fall bureau base instead. Only 12 titles use the term, so it's the rarer of the two forms here.

Which type is the largest?

The breakfront library bookcase. One four-door example is described as ten feet wide, and the largest stated piece measures 238 by 286 by 62 cm. At the other extreme are hanging shelves, dwarf bookcases and desktop pigeon holes, all filed under the same heading.

No. Sixteen titles in 577 name a pair, among them pairs of alcove bookcases, waterfall bookcases and slim open bookshelves. Most of them sit well up the range, above singles of the same form.

Do unusual shapes ever appear?

Occasionally. Single examples include an octagonal freestanding bookcase, a four-sided collector's cabinet bookcase, a revolving bookcase, a double-sided open bookcase and a cylinder bookcase. There are also one-off regional attributions: Channel Island, Anglesey Welsh, Scottish and Irish.

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Case furniture made to hold books, listed as Georgian or in the Georgian taste, and mostly in mahogany, running from hanging shelves to library breakfronts ten feet wide.

Eighteenth Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase

18th century

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Eighteenth Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase

From Reindeer Antiques

£11,000

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18th century

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Fine Georgian Library Bookcase Mahogany

From Wickersley Antiques

£2,250

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George II Carved Mahogany Display Cabinet in the Manner of William Kent

18th century

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George II Carved Mahogany Display Cabinet in the Manner of William Kent

From Reindeer Antiques

£95,000

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18th century

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George III Bookcase

From Dean Antiques Ltd

£4,850

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Georgian Style Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

1900 - 1920

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Georgian Style Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,950

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Tall Antique Display Cabinet, English, Glazed Bookcase on Stand, Regency, C.1820

19th century

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Tall Antique Display Cabinet, English, Glazed Bookcase on Stand, Regency, C.1820

From London Fine Antiques

£3,850

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George III Gillows Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet

18th century

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George III Gillows Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet

From The Antique Furniture Company

£6,000

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18th century

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George III Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

From FB Antiques

£1,495

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18th century

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George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

From Hingstons of Wilton

£5,950

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Small Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

19th century

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Small Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

From Roger King Antiques

£540

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The highest price of the last year on Sellingantiques went to a George III secretaire bookcase with fitted drawers and a glazed upper section, in November 2025.

19th century

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19thc Mahogany Glazed Bookcase

From Piers Pisani Ltd Antiques and Furniture

£1,250

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English Original Painted West Country Dresser

19th century

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English Original Painted West Country Dresser

From Arcadia Antiques

£3,750

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Superb Antique Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

19th century

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Superb Antique Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,280

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A Very Unusual & Diminutive Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

19th century

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A Very Unusual & Diminutive Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

From W.J. Gravener Antiques Ltd.

£3,750

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Georgian Period Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, Circa 1780

18th century

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Georgian Period Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, Circa 1780

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£10,000

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An Edwardian Mahogany Astragal Glazed Bookcase on Stand C1900

1900 - 1920

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An Edwardian Mahogany Astragal Glazed Bookcase on Stand C1900

From Castleforge Antiques Ltd

£795

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Georgian Bookcases

Eighteenth Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase

Fine Georgian Library Bookcase Mahogany

George II Carved Mahogany Display Cabinet in the Manner of William Kent

George III Bookcase

Georgian Style Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

Tall Antique Display Cabinet, English, Glazed Bookcase on Stand, Regency, C.1820

George III Gillows Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet

George III Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

Small Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

19thc Mahogany Glazed Bookcase

English Original Painted West Country Dresser

Superb Antique Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase

A Very Unusual & Diminutive Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

Georgian Period Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, Circa 1780

An Edwardian Mahogany Astragal Glazed Bookcase on Stand C1900

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