Butchoff
Mahogany Two Door Gothic Bookcase ( 1825 )
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Dimensions:
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153.50cm wide
284.50cm high
45.00cm deep
(60.43 inches wide 112.01 inches high 17.72 inches deep)
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Description:
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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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Provenance:
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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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