The glass-fronted bookcase entered the English cabinetmakers' repertoire about the mid-17th century, and the bookcase in one form or another has been an indispensable part of the civilized person's home ever since.The 17th century bookcase tended to be a glazed cabinet from plinth to pediment, with square glass panes. The later Stuart period saw the introduction of the bureau bookcase or the secretaire bookcase, where the bookshelves were double-heightened above a desk or cupboard base. Early bureau bookcases often had mirror or blind-panelled door fronts, although these have frequently been replaced with clear glass panes. During the Regency period, the fashion arose for small cabinet bookcases, rarely more than three feet in height, which left the walls clear for hanging prints and pictures, known in the trade as a 'dwarf bookcase'. Such bookcases were sometimes open at the front, others had elegant brass-grille more...

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An impressive bespoke fruitwood breakfront bookcase, made by…

Robert Brown's Bespoke Fruitwood Breakfront Bookcase

An impressive bespoke fruitwood breakfront bookcase, made by Robert Brown, Cabinetmaker, Melbourne, the bookcase with an extended base having four cupboards, the central section with internal drawers and a slide out tray for electronic equipment, raised…

A fine French 19th century breakfront kingwood dwarf bookcase,…

French Kingwood Bookcase with Parquetry Frieze

A fine French 19th century breakfront kingwood dwarf bookcase, with an inverted cornice a decorated parquetry frieze, above four open shelves on a plinth. 148 cm high, 314 cm wide, 41 cm deep

An impressive French classical breakfront walnut bookcase, 19th…

19th Century French Walnut Breakfront Bookcase

An impressive French classical breakfront walnut bookcase, 19th century, the bookcase with a large central glazed cabinet flanked by twin narrow cabinets each with five shelves, frieze drawers below and four cupboards, two with diamond point detail, two…

Victorian walnut library breakfront bookcase, the moulded…

Victorian Walnut Library Breakfront Bookcase

Victorian walnut library breakfront bookcase, the moulded cornice, above a glazed door flanked pillars and glazed doors, the lower section with shaped drawer above a pair of panel doors flanked by panel doors and corbels. Provenance: acorn Antiques. 267…

A late George III oak breakfront secretaire bookcase, the…

George III Oak Breakfront Secrétaire Bookcase

A late George III oak breakfront secretaire bookcase, the moulded cornice above a plain central frieze above four astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with a central fitted secretaire drawer above a slide and cupboards, flanked by…

A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, the dentil cornice…

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, the dentil cornice above a plain frieze and four gothick astragal glazed doors, the base with two sets of three drawers flanking the central cupboards enclosing slides, on plinth base, height 245 cm, width 277 cm…

A fine Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase with three…

Victorian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Glass Doors

A fine Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase with three panelled doors below and four glass doors above. 238 cm high, 230 cm wide, 55 cm deep.

An antique English Regency breakfront low bookcase, rosewood…

Regency Rosewood Bookcase with Ormolu Mounts and Carved Columns

An antique English Regency breakfront low bookcase, rosewood with ormolu mounts and carved columns, circa 1820, 95 cm high, 157 cm wide, 40 cm deep

Large George III style walnut astragal glazed breakfront…

Walnut Astragal Glazed Breakfront Bookcase, George III Style

Large George III style walnut astragal glazed breakfront bookcase English 20th century, with key, 241 cm high, 219 cm long, 55 cm deep

A late 19th century Aesthetic movement breakfront library…

Aesthetic Oak Breakfront Bookcase with Geometric Carvings

A late 19th century Aesthetic movement breakfront library bookcase of English oak with carved geometric panelled doors, adjustable shelving, eight glazed doors to the upper section with eight matching panelled doors below, 5m wide x 2.7m high

A George III mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase, the upper…

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Secretaire

A George III mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase, the upper section enclosed by four astragal glazed doors with adjustable shelves. The lower section fitted with a fall front drawer enclosing a writing surface and well fitted interior, flanked by…

A George III style satinwood and mahogany library bookcase,…

Satinwood and Mahogany Library Bookcase

A George III style satinwood and mahogany library bookcase, 19th century, of breakfront outline, the upper part with moulded cornice above four astragal-glazed doors, the slightly projecting lower part with four cabinet doors, on a moulded plinth base,…

A George III style mahogany library bookcase, circa 1900, the…

Mahogany Library Bookcase with Astragal Glazed Doors and Cabinet Base

A George III style mahogany library bookcase, circa 1900, the moulded and dentillated breakfront cornice above four astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the projecting lower part with four panelled cabinet doors, on a plinth base, 242 cm…

An impressive Victorian burr walnut Gillows style bookcase,…

Victorian Burr Walnut Bookcase with Carved Frieze

An impressive Victorian burr walnut Gillows style bookcase, 19th century, the extended breakfront cornice with a carved frieze of holly branches, a single glazed door flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters above an extended section with edge mouldings and…

Large Sheraton Revival satinwood breakfront display cabinet…

Sheraton Revival Satinwood Breakfront Display Cabinet Bookcase

Large Sheraton Revival satinwood breakfront display cabinet bookcase 20th century, purchased from Martin Cook Antiques, high quality, glass shelves with internal lighting, with keys, harewood inlay, 221 cm high, 220 cm long, 44.5 cm deep

A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, having a moulded and…

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, having a moulded and dentil cornice above three astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with three cupboards with re-entrant moulded panels, on a plinth base, height 218 cm, width 185 cm,…

A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, English circa 1770…

Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

A George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, English circa 1770 230 cm wide, 60 cm deep, 248 cm high

George III flame mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase, late…

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

George III flame mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase, late 18th / early 19th century, the moulded cornice above four astragal glazed doors, the lower section with a fitted writing drawer with a pair of doors below, flanked by two drawers and two doors…

An antique English provincial breakfront mahogany four door…

Antique Mahogany Astragal Glazed Bookcase, 1800

An antique English provincial breakfront mahogany four door astragal glazed bookcase with blind panelled base, circa 1800, 215 cm high, 207 cm wide, 45 cm deep

A George III mahogany four door breakfront bookcase, 243 cm…

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Four Doors

A George III mahogany four door breakfront bookcase, 243 cm high, 196 cm wide, 46 cm deep

A good Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase, the upper…

Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Glazed and Panel Doors

A good Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase, the upper section with two pairs of glazed doors, the base with two pairs of panel doors. Height 231 cm. Width 209 cm

Antique Georgian mahogany library bookcase, of break front…

Georgian Mahogany Break Front Library Bookcase

Antique Georgian mahogany library bookcase, of break front design, the central two door cupboard opens to reveal a bank of pull out slides, flanked by two banks of drawers, 243 cm high, 248 cm wide

A massive Australian cedar library bookcase, circa 1870. Ex…

Victorian Cedar Library Bookcase with Carved Details

A massive Australian cedar library bookcase, circa 1870. Ex Australian Alliance Assurance Company, 400-402 Collins St Melbourne. The massive double arched dentil moulded pediment above five sliding glazed doors separated by turned columns with carved…

A fine Victorian breakfront secretaire bookcase, circa 1870.,…

Victorian Breakfront Secrétaire Bookcase by A. Blain & Son

A fine Victorian breakfront secretaire bookcase, circa 1870., with maker's mark of A. Blain & Son, Liverpool, with an architectural pediment above four arched and carved glazed cupboards, the extended lower section with a central secretaire with a finely…

A large Victorian mahogany bookcase cabinet, late 19th century,…

Victorian Mahogany Bookcase Cabinet

A large Victorian mahogany bookcase cabinet, late 19th century, the stepped pediment above linear moulding and a repeating patera frieze, the upper body with two central doors, flanked by two breakfront doors, each opening to a fitted interior, the lower…

A grand George III mahogany library breakfront bookcase with…

George III Mahogany Library Bookcase with Glazed Astragals

A grand George III mahogany library breakfront bookcase with glazed astragals, circa 1790, 230 cm high, 250 cm deep, 42 cm deep

An important George III astragal glazed mahogany library…

George III Mahogany Library Bookcase

An important George III astragal glazed mahogany library breakfront bookcase, 280 cm high, 246 cm wide, 58 cm deep

A fine George IV mahogany breakfront library bookcase, English,…

George IV Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase

A fine George IV mahogany breakfront library bookcase, English, circa 1800, 240 cm high, 250 cm wide, 40 cm deep

A George III style mahogany breakfront bookcase, English, mid…

Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Glazed Doors and Cupboards

A George III style mahogany breakfront bookcase, English, mid 19th century the carved cornice with central broken pediment above four long astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves above four cupboard doors enclosing slides and drawers to the…

A substantial Victorian mahogany 4 door, breakfront library…

Victorian Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase with Glazed Doors

A substantial Victorian mahogany 4 door, breakfront library bookcase with four glazed doors enclosing removable shelves, above four panelled doors, raised on a plinth base height 261 cm, width 244 cm, depth 69 cm

An impressive William IV mahogany breakfront library bookcase…

William IV Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

An impressive William IV mahogany breakfront library bookcase the stepped cornice above four astragal glazed doors and a projecting lower section with conforming panelled doors 207 cm high, 309 cm wide, 45 cm deep

An important mid 19th century breakfront library bookcase in…

19th Century Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase

An important mid 19th century breakfront library bookcase in mahogany fitted with four glazed doors to the top section, four panelled doors below and carved corbels (constructed to be totally broken down into separate pieces for easy removal). Provenance:…

A large Australian cedar and rose mahogany six door breakfront…

1850 Australian Cedar Breakfront Bookcase with Rose Mahogany

A large Australian cedar and rose mahogany six door breakfront bookcase, circa 1850, the moulded cornice above three pairs of geometrically glazed doors divided by applied panelled columns, enclosing later adjustable shelves, above three pairs of panelled…

An exquisitely carved Flemish style bookcase. 19th century in…

Flemish Style Oak Bookcase, 19th Century

An exquisitely carved Flemish style bookcase. 19th century in the 17th century Flemish style, breakfront featuring Renaissance Inspired full relief carvings, the base comprises four doors & drawers, the top full length top glazed doors, magnificent…

An exceptional marquetry and parquetry inlaid mahogany…

An exceptional marquetry and parquetry inlaid mahogany breakfront library bookcase, English circa 1785. Provenance: Apter Fredericks, London, presumably acquired in mid 1980's or earlier as this bookcase is recorded in a Leonard Joel insurance valuation…

Fine antique English satinwood breakfront library secretaire…

English Satinwood Breakfront Secrétaire Bookcase with Hand Painted Details

Fine antique English satinwood breakfront library secretaire bookcase, fitted with hand painted oval panels to the doors below, hand painted frieze above a central fall front secretaire well fitted interior, 246 cm high, 228 cm wide

A 19th century Australian cedar breakfront secretaire bookcase,…

19th Century Australian Cedar Secretaire Bookcase

A 19th century Australian cedar breakfront secretaire bookcase, with carved scrolls and shell cartouche to the arched pediment above three arched glazed doors, a central secretaire drawer above recessed doors and flanked by doors with applied carved…

A very fine inlaid and carved Neo-Classical mahogany breakfront…

Neo-Classical Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase (9 words)

A very fine inlaid and carved Neo-Classical mahogany breakfront library bookcase, English or Irish, circa 1785, 295 cm, high 254 cm, wide 62 cm, deep

A fine George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, circa 1790…

George III Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase

A fine George III mahogany breakfront bookcase, circa 1790 surmounted by a broken arch pediment and urn, above four glazed doors with four panelled doors below, upper part fitted shelves and pigeon holes, slope fall front and four long drawers under, once…

Colonial breakfront bookcase, circa 1845, constructed of pit…

1845 Colonial Red Gum Breakfront Bookcase

Colonial breakfront bookcase, circa 1845, constructed of pit saw cut river red gum, four door panelled base, with petitie height drawers flanked by trefoil turned columns., rising to a four glazed door top, each door flanked by trefoil turned columns,…

A large Australian Colonial cedar and rose mahogany breakfront…

19th Century Colonial Bookcase for Mitchell Library

A large Australian Colonial cedar and rose mahogany breakfront bookcase for the Mitchell Library, mid 19th century, the moulded cornice above stepped frieze, having three pairs of glazed doors flanked by panelled pilasters, the lower section with…