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Butchoff Antiques
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Mahogany Two Door Gothic Bookcase
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Provenance
George Smith
Author of A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration first published in 1808, and in a much modified and revised edition in 1826. The initial publication paid great heed to the Gothick, and citing a more abundant variety of ornaments and forms than can be possibly obtained from any other style; many illustrations show models of furniture then in vogue, adapted with modern Gothick ornamentation. Our bookcase takes plate 23, shown below, in with enhancements.
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Description / Expertise
Constructed in beautifully figured Cuban mahogany, rising from an everted plinth base, the two base blind doors are decorated with carved quatrefoils, enclosed within a roundel, and having a knopped boss to the centre, blind lancet stiles flank the doors: above, two drawers are carved with lozenge form blind tracery: two glazed doors over, with panel tracery astragals of arched form, and foliated: flanking, ringed cluster columns. The everted crenellated cornice has crocketed finials.
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