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English Regency Mahogany Étagère or Library Stand

Offered by: Acroterion

Description
Elegant English Regency period, circa 1815, étagère or library stand of unusual form having solid mahogany construction with top platform on turned colonette-form supports with ball turned finials above single door locking cabinet with real leather-bound book spine veneer above lozenge band of boxwood inlay on bulbous turned feet. Book spines are 'Dickens Works Vols. 1 through 16, with end volumes 'Sinonimos Castellanos' by Roque Barcia and 'Real Academia Española, Gramatica de la Lengua Española', which are late 19th, early 20th century replacements of older book spines at time of construction.

More Information

In the Style of:	Charles Dickens
Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Mahogany, leather bindings
Condition:	Fair. Wear commensurate with age and use.
Creation Date:	circa 1815
Styles / Movements:	Regency, Georgian, George III
Incollect Reference #:	271872

Dimensions

W.	19.75 in;	H.	47.25 in;	D.	18.25 in;
W.	50.17 cm;	H.	120.02 cm;	D.	46.36 cm;

Message from Seller:

Acroterion, the company, founded in late 2012, is by appointment in the historic Hudson Valley of upstate New York specializing in exceptional fine and decorative art from eastern to western, ancient to current; with a focus on the unique and timeless. The curated inventory is ever-changing and discriminately chosen by the founder and owner Randal Dawkins. Having a passion for fine objects and design from an early age, Mr. Dawkins graduated in 2004 from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.