{"product_id":"a-regency-mahogany-and-ebony-inlaid-waterfall-bookcase-by-howe-london","title":"A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONY INLAID WATERFALL BOOKCASE","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very handsome Regency mahogany open bookcase quite possibly by, and certainly in the manner of George Bullock, of superb quality and good scale, the curved upstand centred with an inlaid ebony fan flanked by waterfall sides enclosing a flame mahogany back and four shelves, with further decorative ebony stringing throughout, raised on bold square tapering feet. In wonderful original condition, with a paper label to the reverse: ‘EXHIBITED 10th ANTIQUES DEALERS’ FAIR JUNE 1950′. English, circa 1815\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Antiques Dealers’ Fair was first held at Grosvenor House in London’s Park Lane in 1934 and was the world’s very first Antiques Fair showcasing the finest works of art and antiques which the trade has to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bookshelves are conceived in the early 19th century ‘antique’ style, and inlaid with ebony in the imagined ‘Elizabethan’ fashion, appropriate to books introduced to contemporary ‘Living Rooms’ at this time. The shelves, widening towards the bottom, have Roman truss-scrolled ends. The crest, with arched ends echoed in the inlay, may be intended to signify that with ‘arms and armour laid aside……..’ then literature can flourish. The decoration of a triumphal palm set between scrolls resembles a battle-shield in Thomas Hope’s, Costumes of the Greeks and Romans’, 1812, p.20. Ebony tablets and medallions further inlaid on the uprights, and frame the tablets on the hermed feet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Howe London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55375918203222,"sku":null,"price":9500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1445\/2310\/files\/howelondon-aregencymahoganyandebonyinlaidwaterfallbookcase-1.jpg?v=1789452144","url":"https:\/\/the-salon.com\/products\/a-regency-mahogany-and-ebony-inlaid-waterfall-bookcase-by-howe-london","provider":"SALON","version":"1.0","type":"link"}