A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT GEORGE II DOUBLE BREAKFRONTED BOOKCASE IN THE FINEST CUBAN MAHOGANY

HAVING SEVEN GLAZED DOORS WITH EXTREMELY FINELY CARVED GLAZING BARS, ENCLOSING ADJUSTABLE SHELVES, SURMOUNTED BY A VERY UNUSUAL MOULDED DOUBLE PEDIMENTED TOP, THE EXTREMELY FINE MOULDED CUBAN MAHOGANY CUPBOARD DOORS BENEATH A VERY LOW WAIST ENCLOSING FURTHER SHELVING

English,c.1745

Dimensions: 18’ 1” long
9’10” high
19.25\" deep
This bookcase has been in the same house and family since the mid-18th century, and has recently been purchased from this family.
Full provenance to follow.

“To stand before this bookcase makes me chuckle, it is akin to a miniature Palladian mansion.”
Giles Ellwood, Sotheby’s Furniture expert (retired)
Author for Country Life, Furniture History Society, etc.

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