We have another dwarf waterfall bookcase, this time in rosewood rather than mahogany. Once again it resembles the example on page .....
A Dwarf Waterfall Bookcase
If you turn to page232 of the classic Norman Adams book on Georgian furniture you will see a small satinwood bookcase, of the type which has become known as....
George III Bureau Bookcase
Two features mark this bureau bookcase out as being of particular interest.
Firstly, the gilt brass drop handles have backplates matching the escutcheons...
Georgian Travelling Bookcase
It is of plain mahogany construction with stout brass bindings and, in
the open position, the doors consist of pleated silk (now Jaguar racing
green) ...
Big
Bookcase
Perhaps its most impressive aspect is the sheer engineering quality: after
200 years, the slim mahogany frames of the 5ft high main doors, each carrying
about 10lbs of glass, have not warped so much as a millimetre...
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