A Regency brass inlaid rosewood breakfront bookcase (4425521) (c. 1820 England)

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152.50cm wide    91.00cm high    41.00cm deep (60.04 inches wide  35.83 inches high  16.14 inches deep)

Jacques Dubarry de Lasalle, ‘Identifying marble’, Dourdan, 2000, p.211

An early 19th century brass inlaid rosewood breakfront bookcase retaining the original grey ‘Arabescato’ marble top above a brass strung frieze with ornate brass inlaid central tablet and four inlaid blocks leading down to square tapering columns with ornate brass inlay, having a single door with later brass grille and green pleated silk panel enclosing two adjustable shelves; flanked by open ends with two adjustable shelves each side and terminating in original brass hairy paw feet to the front and turned feet to the back.