Bureau Bookcases & Desks made from Mahogany & Walnut

BB 5 - A stunning pure Arts & Crafts desk attributed to G.M.Ellwood & made by JS Henry with wonderful proportions & superb quality throughout. The fabulous stained glass panel depicting stylised flowers to the back with wonderful colour ways surmounted by an inlaid heart & inlaid line detail below, it has a slight bow to this upper frame work which is so subtle, a truly wonderful design detail that it is quite divine, this is flanked by to compartmented storage boxes with wonderful conforming stylised floral inlays to their tops with original green leather writing area below enclosed by side uprights with shaped details to the upper front & protruding angular details to the left & right writing area supported below with conforming brackets. The full width drawer with fantastic elongated stylised copper handles & escution all in one piece. The 4 legs with arches to each side changing from square into hexagonal from halfway & united by a H stretchers. A truly outstanding work of Art. Circa 1900. Height 49", Depth 22", Width 39 1/2". £POA.
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BB 7 - A superb Mahogany desk by JS Henry with capped tops & wonderful stained glass panels, the centre one backed with original bevelled mirror, shaped apron below the writing area with large storage shelf below & further bookshelf to the base, the sides with pop up flaps & quartered side details the whole on sledge feet. Circa 1900. £POA.
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BB 8 - A stunning 'flame Mahogany' bureau bookcase by JS Henry with upper shelf flanked by extended capped uprights & two drawers below with drop down front with fabulous copper strap hinges & handle opening to reveal leather writing area & pigeon holes to the back with central drawer & a full length drawer below with lower cupboard the whole on sledge feet. Circa 1900. Height 54 1/2", Width at sledge feet 28", Depth at sledge feet 16". Circa 1900. £POA.
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BB 9 - Exceptional fall front desk by Shapland & Petter with cupboard to the top right the glazed door with wonderful copper stylised floral panel, an upper & lower bookshelves to it's left, a full size work surface which folds down to reveal leather writing area with pigeon holes to the back & full width drawer below with stylised copper handles flanked by hinged flaps, the sides with stylised floral cut-outs & central shelf with stylised detailing around the legs in wonderful original condition. Height 56", Depth 22", Width 26". Circa 1900. £1295.
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BB 10 - A top quality Walnut bureau bookcase by Lambs of Manchester with open upper bookcase with adjustable shelves, fall down writing area opening to reveal fitted interior & leather writing area & bow fronted support below with 2 cupboard doors & shaped base. Circa 1880's. Height 67", Width 33 1/2", Depth 21 1/2". £2295.
Lambs of Manchester was founded by James Lamb in C1840 & were one of the most successful late nineteenth-century British cabinetmakers. They commissioned work from a number of notable designers, such as W.J.Estall who's work they exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1862, Bruce Talbert, Charles Bevan & also made furniture designed by Alfred Waterhouse for the Manchester Assize Courts shown twice in Paris in 1867 & 1878 & the French designer Hugues Protat. The quality of their cabinet work was of the highest order, & won them many prizes at several International Exhibitions in which they exhibited. They supplied furniture to the new up & coming middle-classes & the elite living in Manchester but their reputation grew rapidly & soon their furniture was sold far & wide. Sadly there is not a great deal of information on Lambs but what always stands out from many other manufacturers of the period is that their furniture was one of the top 3 in design & quality of the Gothic Revival, Aesthetic & Anglo-Japanese Periods. They were taken over by Goodhall & Heighway to form Goodhall, Lambs & Heighway in 1899.
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BB 11 - A good quality Mahogany desk with Green leather writing area, 2 large long drawers, with brass Georgian style swan neck handles. £1395.
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BB 12 - Inlaid Walnut Bureau good quality throughout probably by Liberty & Co. Circa 1900. Height 53", Width 32.5", Depth 13". Priced at £895.
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BB - A Superb Shapland & Petter Walnut Arts & Crafts 2 Drawer Desk, with wonderful leaded glass back & stylised lower splats the writing has been re-leathered in a quality skiver. Height 44", Width 42", Depth 22". Circa 1900. £SOLD.
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