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Early 1900s Kramer Poultry Chromolithograph, Framed
Located in Alpharetta, GA
individual prints in bookshelves or as an addition to your gallery wall. Frame has an overall bronze finish
Category

Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Prints

Materials

Art Glass, Wood

Danish rosewood desk, 1960s
Located in Braga, Braga
in the center (three lockable) on the front. A closed bar cabinet and bookshelves on the back side
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks

Materials

Rosewood

Bookshelf by Arthur Milani for Wohnhilfe, Switzerland
By Arthur Milani-Wallis 1
Located in Zurich, CH
Midcentury pinewood modular bookshelves with 7 Elements by Arthur Milani for Wohnhilfe. Hande made
Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Pine

19th Century Continental Renaissance Style Carved Oak Bookcase with Marble
Located in Chicago, IL
curved arched rosette carved interior rim, centered over two scalloped edge bookshelves. The shelves are
Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Bookcases

Materials

Marble

Dominique Sofa by Hugues Chevalier
By Hugues Chevalier
Located in BREDA, NL
This Dominique sofa by Hugues Chevalier has a unique and luxurious design with bookshelves on the
Category

Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Leather, Beech, Poplar, Sycamore

Mid-Century decorative Murano bowl, yellow glass
Located in Milan, IT
, bookshelves... It's very well preserved, with no major scratches nor chipping marks. The color is still vivid
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Glass, Murano Glass

Custom Zebrawood Bookcases
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Southampton, NY
Magnificent post-modern, custom-made zebrawood bookshelves with black interior. Three available
Category

1990s American Regency Bookcases

Materials

Zebra Wood

Architonic 1950, Oak Bookshelvein the Manner of Maurice Pré
By Maurice Pré
Located in Couzon au Mont d Or, FR
An architonic French modulable bookshelves from the 1950s in the manner of architects: Maurice Pré
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Oak

1960s Mid-Century Nathan Teak Book Case or Sideboard with Sliding Glass Doors
By Nathan
Located in London, GB
and bookshelves with glass doors.
Category

Vintage 1960s Great Britain (UK) Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Glass, Teak

Decorative Mid-Century Modern Murano Bowl, Blue Sommerso Glass
Located in Milan, IT
. It's perfect as a valet tray in an entryway, or as an accent on coffee tables, sideboards, bookshelves
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass

Materials

Murano Glass

Art Deco Cocktail Table in Walnut and Macassar Ebony
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
complete with bookshelves at each end, circa 1930.
Category

Early 20th Century British Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Walnut

Wall Unit by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro with Die Cut Magazine Shelve
By Pilastro, Tjerk Reijenga
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
Vintage industrial wall system / bookshelves, designed by Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro, Holland
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Metal

A early 18th c. Italian Bookcase or Dining Room Cabinet.
Located in Milan, IT
section four open removable bookshelves.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Bookcases

Materials

Oak, Pine

Art Deco Cabinet Designed by Richter
By H.D. Richter
Located in Long Island City, NY
bookshelves. Chrome hardware, circa 1935. Labeled.
Category

Vintage 1930s English Bookcases

Small Proportioned Arts Crafts Oak Bureau
Located in Buckinghamshire, GB
open bookshelves raised on a shaped plinth.
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Desks and Writing Tables

Gunni Omann for Omann Junior Rosewood Desk #77
By Gunni Omann
Located in Near Matlock, Derbyshire, GB
(locking top drawers with key present), bookshelves and cabinet to back. - Fully re-polished, in
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Vintage 1960s Danish Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Regency Mahogany Two-Door Side Cabinet
Located in London, GB
reveal fully adjustable bookshelves, raises on reeded sabre feet. The Regency cabinet is veneered
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Antique 1810s English Regency Cabinets

Materials

Mahogany

Leather Topped Charak Modern Ebonized Desk Attributed to Parzinger
By Tommi Parzinger, Charak Furniture Company
Located in Stamford, CT
pulls. Finished on all sides, obverse of desk having open bookshelves with adjustable shelving.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Belgian Art Deco Mahogany Standard Lamp, circa 1930
Located in Sint-Kruis, BE
features a wooden base with sweeping plinth, two bookshelves, a closed compartiment with drop front door
Category

20th Century Belgian Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Sheraton Period Satinwood Low Breakfront Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Of typical form with the unusual feature of cupboard doors disguised as bookshelves containing 18th
Category

Antique 1790s English Sheraton Cabinets

Materials

Leather, Ebony, Satinwood

A Mahogany Companionway Yachting Ladder
Located in Stonington, CT
A Mahogany Companionway Ladder from a yacht. SO useful as a set of bookshelves or an etagere
Category

20th Century American Ladders

Materials

Mahogany

Teak Tomado Holland Book Shelves with Corner Shelve, 1950
By D. Dekker 1, Tomado
Located in Lijnden, Noord-Holland
Teak Tomado Holland book shelves, with corner shelve. 1950 Bookshelves or wall system by Tomado
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Danish Rosewood Desk from AP Mobler, 1960s
By Svenstrup Ap Mobler
Located in Nyborg, DK
drawers (two lockable) on the front, and bar cabinet/bookshelves on the back side. Sits on turned and
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Vintage Danish Teak Bureau
Located in Vancouver, BC
space. The bookshelves are also adjustable. This piece has an unfinished back. Made in Denmark.
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets

Materials

Teak

William IV Figured Rosewood Book-Matched Bookcase Cabinet, English, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
three glazed doors opening to a faux rosewood interior and faux rosewood adjustable bookshelves with
Category

Antique 1830s English William IV Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany, Rosewood

1950s Louvre Classical Greek Double Bull Bookends on Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, bookshelves, or table. Provenance-From the Edith Hale Harkness Estate, America's Socialite Philanthropist of
Category

Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures

Materials

Cast Stone, Composition, Marble

One Off Custom Desk and Vintage Hi-Fi Entertainment Unit by Samson Berman
By Samson Berman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Doors that Reveal Rotating Bookshelves and Room for Speakers. Samson Berman was a New York Interior
Category

Vintage 1960s American Desks

Materials

Rosewood, Birch

Midcentury Danish Model 75 Executive Teak Desk by Gunni Omann, 1960s
By Gunni Omann
Located in Nyborg, DK
open bookshelves and a fall-front compartment. The solid teak legs support the tabletop, giving it and
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Modular 5600 Series Desk / Bookcase by Andre Cordemeijer for Gispen
By A.R. Cordemeijer
Located in New York, NY
red sliding doors, four drawers in white, red, blue and gray and four open bookshelves, all within a
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Desks

Ib Kofod Larsen Rosewood Sideboard Credenza Bookcase Danish 1960s
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in London, GB
adjustable bookshelves supported on hidden wire struts. The overall colour is excellent and very even. A
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Hardwood

Classical Figured Mahogany Bookcase Cabinet, Baltimore, 1830-1840
Located in Providence, RI
and the work of needles and others. The cylinder sides open to reveal additional bookshelves, all of
Category

Antique 19th Century American American Classical Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Norfolk House George II Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in New York, NY
adjustable bookshelves. The lower case of serpentine outline, the secretaire drawer with hinged fall and
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Bookcases

Animals: Tiger
By Henry J. Johnson
Located in Florham Park, NJ
school-aged child. Parents were learning the value of bookshelves filled with the latest literature on
Category

Antique 19th Century American Prints

18th Century Green Japanned Bureau Bookcase Attributed to Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Lisbon, PT
, large scale Chinese figures and an interior fitted with small pigeon holes, bookshelves and drawers
Category

Antique 1730s English George II Bookcases

Materials

Oak

Rare Large Birka Desk for NK by Axel Einar Hjorth
By Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Miami, FL
features three drawers and one door concealing four shallow pull-out trays with two built-in bookshelves to
Category

Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Desks

Materials

Brass

Arne Vodder Teak Executive Desk, 1960s, Denmark
By Arne Vodder
Located in Nyborg, DK
(lockable and key included), with Vodder's trademark rounded design, and bookshelves on the rear. Vibrant
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Teak

Bookshelves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of painted bookshelves.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Bookcases

Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A four shelf unit featuring a gallery top with cartouche and turned finial, the outer case with old blue paint on top of original black paint for a charming rustic appearance.
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Shelves

Materials

Pine

Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A plain and exremely versatile run of open shelves suitable for books or other display or storage
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Shelves

Materials

Pine

Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A handsome bookcase of four open shelves supported by bold turned columns on each side beneath a decorative central European style crown molding.
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Painted Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A large open unit of four ample bookshelves, each shelf through-tenoned into the side stiles and
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Shelves

Pine Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A low bookcase featuring six generous shelves, flanked and separated by fluted molding.
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Pine Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A conversion from a two door armoire, this bookcase features three open shelves above two half doors, all flanked by fluted molding topped with decorative corbels.
Category

Early 20th Century Hungarian Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Glazed Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A well-proportioned combination glazed single shelf cupboard atop a two shelf open bookcase.
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Apothecary Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A compact four shelf bookcase featuring five apothecary drawers, hand-cut dovetailed front and back, the metal bin pulls with enameled labels in latin.
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Pair of Bookshelves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of Bookshelves
Category

Antique 19th Century English Bookcases

Italian Rosewood Bookshelves
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Gorgeous solid rosewood bookshelves with floating shelves. Beautiful grain to wood and slight
Category

20th Century Italian Bookcases

Materials

Rosewood

Pine Painted Bookshelves
Located in Baltimore, MD
A very unusual shelf unit featuring an Empire-style gallery above three long shelves side by side with six graduated lap-jointed drawers. The whole in distressed original buttermilk ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Hungarian Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Pair of Bookshelves
Located in Stratford, CT
Matching pair of free-standing book cases; sold and priced individually
Category

Vintage 1950s American Bookcases

Italian Bookshelves, 1950
By Studio BBPR
Located in Paris, FR
BBPR, attributed to Bookcase, circa 1960 Steel and plywood. Measures: 318 x 256 x 34 cm.
Category

Vintage 1960s Bookcases

Materials

Steel

Danish Modern Teak Bookshelves
Located in San Antonio, TX
Danish modern teak bookshelves sold as a set or separately, each feature five shelves and a drawer
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Teak

William IV Mahogany Bookshelves
Located in Long Island City, NY
William IV mahogany bookshelves.
Category

Antique 19th Century Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Bookshelves, circa 1950
Located in Brussels, BE
Italian bookshelves, circa 1950.
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Wood

pair of Dunbar Bookshelves
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of bookshelves in dark wood signed Dunbar.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Bookcases

Materials

Wood

Pair of Bamboo Bookshelves
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Fantastic pair of bamboo bookshelves. Three newly made glass shelves rest on bamboo frame. Great
Category

Vintage 1960s American Bookcases

Materials

Bamboo, Glass

Swivel Mahogany French Bookshelves
Located in Pasadena, CA
Uniquely display books, photos or knick-knacks on this swivel shelving unit. Solid shelves with chrome supports.
Category

Vintage 1950s French Shelves

Materials

Chrome

Set of Birchwood Bookshelves
Located in Culver City, CA
Estate made shelves with moulded edges and baluster supports. 53.75”w x 8”d x 49.5”h       
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Bookcases

Materials

Birch

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