Bookcase

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by Dragontraine, Jan 28, 2020.

  1. Dragontraine

    Dragontraine Active Member

    4CEB68B0-DD17-42BC-8094-DD216A0A33E6.jpeg 8D7491B8-4D16-4528-9F94-39D9CE676472.jpeg E228EF59-C159-4758-BA91-63AC6096281D.jpeg 679DC860-E723-491D-824C-D328B4846BBA.jpeg This is a very large bookcase I got cleaning out a house in Florida it measures 80”x18”x86”
    It has Davison tag on it but I keep getting Davidson when I try to look it up
     
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

  3. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

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  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Gothic Revival in style.
     
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  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    You know... I'm going to (respectfully) disagree. A true Gothic arch is pointed like this example.

    Debora

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  6. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I am goin with Debora on this one.
    Bookcase maybe many styles but, Gothic ain't one of them.
     
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  7. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    The arches on your bookcase are called "tombstone" arches, usually associated with "Queen Anne" but, cabinet isn't what i would call QA. It has those fluted "pilasters" with greek "capitals" on top as well. As is common with "modern" furniture, many different style elements all rolled into one piece.
     
  8. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    Those arches are "Romanesque" and derive from north Italian examples from the Renaissance, going back, ultimately, to Rome. I'd guess ca. 1970-80 on this. This was a premium piece, "classed up" with traditional decoration instead of the prevailing stripped-down (i.e. cheap) modernism of the time.
     
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I hear you purists. ;) Over here, though, anything that looks faintly churchy like this gets called Gothic Revival.
     
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