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Old Editions - Table of Contents

Miscellaneous Furniture - Group 2
Old Editions Book Shop and Café

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Used by Mrs. Bunis in the Sample Shop (on Hertel Avenue, demolished) office for fifty years.

Lower section top drawer opens to reveal a writing top

 

Applied, canted, carved molding (cartouche on top)

Applied ornamentation

Contrasting light and dark veneer

 

 

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Hand carved Victorian plant stand

Hand carved Victorian plant stand

 

Oak book rack

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Spanish foot

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Victorian open-front bookcase.

C. 1840-1880

Victorian open-front bookcase

  • Three-quarter gallery formed by a continuation of sides and back, topped by attached scrolled ornamentation

Victorian open-front bookcase.

Carved floral design and turned, ringed spindles on back of gallery

Victorian open-front bookcase.

Top attached scrolled ornamentation with carved acanthus leaves on back

Victorian open-front bookcase

Victorian open-front bookcase - slightly projecting valanced skirt

 

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Victorian enclosed-front bookcase

  • C. 1840-1880
  • Two glazed doors; panes separated by centered, horizontal wooden muntin

Victorian enclosed-front bookcase - flat, overhanging cornice

Victorian enclosed-front bookcase



Photos and their arrangement © 2006 Chuck LaChiusa
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