A Rare Colonial Breakfront Bookcase in Calamander Wood

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270.00 cm wide 239.00 cm high 54.00 cm deep

106.30 inches wide 94.09 inches high 21.26 inches deep

Our bookcase has concordances with designs illustrated in Thomas King’s 1829 edition of ‘The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified’ and John Loudon’s 1833 ‘ Encyclopedia of Cottage, Fram & Villa Architecture & Furniture’

Calamander, sometimes known as Coromandel, is indigeneous to South East India, Ceylon and Asia, and is a member of the Ebony genus.

Of four door breakfront form, rising from a plinth base; the four blind panelled doors enclosing shelved interiors, interspersed with free standing lotus capped columns: the upper section with four glazed doors with carved lancet arch astragals, betwixt conforming columns, and surmounted with an everted cornice.

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