Object Description
Circa 1880. A stylish quality carved French oak bookcase. The solid top surmounted by a carved and shaped back, (which is removable) the fore-edge with ogee moulding and carved fore-edge with a full-length drawer in the frieze with stylish carving on the facing and an unusual metal and oak knob handle. Carved panels on each end, with elongated corbels including scrolling and foliate carving, with three solid oak adjustable shelves, beneath the bottom shelf there is further carving and the whole piece rests on a neat size squat enclosed plinth. There is a maker’s label on the back of the bookcase.