Lot 419

A Regency gothic oak bookcase cabinet

Fine Furniture, Rugs, Ceramics, Silver
Auction: 8 October 2000 at 12:00 BST
£10,350
Description
the moulded cornice carved with rose, thistle, shamrock and leaves, surmounted by cusped destiny, above pair of open gothic traceried doors flanked and divided by panelled buttresses, enclosing adjustable shelves, on deeper base with similar solid traceried doors and plinth base
98cm wide, 196cm high, 43cm deep
Footnote
This bookcase is very much in the Gothic manner popularised in the 1820s by the publication of George Smith and particularly Ackermann's Repository of Arts
