A Regency Black Painted Pine Dwarf Bookcase c.1810-15 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles near Versailles

near Versailles

The primitive construction

the whole presented in a later silvered frame survives from the zeniths of the eighteenth century

Ironic now that this type of paintwork is more prized commercially than a mahogany chest of this period

A Regency Black Painted Pine Dwarf Bookcase c.1810-15 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles near VersaillesOrigin: EnglishPeriod: RegencyProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1810 15Height: 36. 5Width: 16Depth: 8. 5Of diminutive proportions, the Regency period black painted pine dwarf bookcase, with floral gilt decoration to the frieze drawer and front supports and line decoration throughout, having a ruby red painted gallery top, the main section with one adjustable shelf with seven differing height slots, the whole standing on elegant tapering legs and surviving