The Antique Furniture Company

Description

Victorian Gothic Oak Library Bookcase

This is a very good quality late Victorian Arts & Crafts oak library bookcase in the Gothic style featuring trefoils, canted corners and planked doors and sides.

It has a moulded cornice with three trefoils to the front and two to each side. The open top has eight shelves each with gilt embossed green felt skirts above a base with two drawers and two planked cupboard doors. The shelves to the upper section are adjustable or removable and each measure 70cm wide x 25.5cm (27 ⅝in x 10in) deep, deeper books can be put there because of the open design). The left base drawer has built in dividers and the cupboard beneath has two adjustable full width shelves 142.5cm wide x 37.5cm deep (56 ⅛in x 14 ¾in).

The drawers and doors are fitted with brass handles, locks and escutcheons with brass catches to the left side door. Whilst there is no key a good lock smith should be able to cut one if taken the locks. One handle has been replaced with one of a similar design, the remaining original handles are stamped with numbers to the reverse.

Condition
This is in very good solid condition. On the left hand side of the base there is a slight gap between boards due to shrinkage, the right hand side of the top section has some veneer middles to the lower edge where it sits on the base, there is a chip out the top right corner of the right door, light marks to the top of the base and various other minor character marks.

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The overall dimensions at the largest points are approximately 

Width 152.5cm wide (60in/5ft) 

Depth 44.5cm (17 ½in) 

Height 236.5cm (93in) 

For transportation and moving this bookcase splits into two sections (top and base) and the shelves can be removed.


Delivery
We can arrange to deliver this to most UK mainland destinations for £95 (or delivery is free if we can invoice you directly). Please read the important information below for more details and information.

Please note that in order to keep the delivery costs down items are delivered by our trusted usual small independent courier and therefore cannot be delivered immediately. If you prefer to arrange your own collection just let me know after purchase. We may be able to provide faster delivery using different companies but this would be more expensive.