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Incredible Solid Oak Oak Bookcase from Cambridge University
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FREE Ground Floor Shipping on this piece within approximately 150 miles of Cambridgeshire. More remote and rural locations will incur a charge.
A simply stunning early 20th Century bookcase/ dresser in beautiful oak. It dates from around 1900 to 1920 and came to us from Cambridge University Psychology Department, where it spent its whole life. The external finish is in its original beautifully aged and coloured oak. There are also some superb hand carvings to the lower door panels. Depicting academia carvings of books and quills – most likely a bespoke commission piece for the university. Internally the top section shelves are all height adjustable so that the distance between the shelves can be altered to your needs. All of the glass is original, as are the beautifully aged brass handles. The locks work and there is one key. The photographs show two shelves in the top section but the are three for each side. It will be supplied with all three shelves.
The piece was always used as a bookcase but clearly now would also make a beautiful dresser in a kitchen, dining room, living room etc. Rarely do we see pieces that that make us stop in our tracks to admire but this is certainly one of those pieces. The top and bottom sections do split for easier transportation and siting.
Dimensions: 238cm High, 183cm Max Width, 50cm Depth (bottom section), 30cm Depth (top section, excluding top cornice).
Delivery requires a dedicated two man service and will be to ground floor only.
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FREE Ground Floor Shipping on this piece within approximately 150 miles of Cambridgeshire. More remote and rural locations will incur a charge.
A simply stunning early 20th Century bookcase/ dresser in beautiful oak. It dates from around 1900 to 1920 and came to us from Cambridge University Psychology Department, where it spent its whole life. The external finish is in its original beautifully aged and coloured oak. There are also some superb hand carvings to the lower door panels. Depicting academia carvings of books and quills – most likely a bespoke commission piece for the university. Internally the top section shelves are all height adjustable so that the distance between the shelves can be altered to your needs. All of the glass is original, as are the beautifully aged brass handles. The locks work and there is one key. The photographs show two shelves in the top section but the are three for each side. It will be supplied with all three shelves.
The piece was always used as a bookcase but clearly now would also make a beautiful dresser in a kitchen, dining room, living room etc. Rarely do we see pieces that that make us stop in our tracks to admire but this is certainly one of those pieces. The top and bottom sections do split for easier transportation and siting.
Dimensions: 238cm High, 183cm Max Width, 50cm Depth (bottom section), 30cm Depth (top section, excluding top cornice).
Delivery requires a dedicated two man service and will be to ground floor only.
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