CF2

General Description: A glazed bookcase, 19th century, of breakfront form, with a dentilled cornice over four glazed doors with lancet-arched glazing bars, over four cupboard doors below. (Bowett, Adam, 2013)
Researcher Description: At first glance this bookcase is the pair to CF3. However, the dimensions are different (this one is shallower), and so is the construction. Unlike CF3, no oak is used in the construction. Moreover, the panelled construction of the back and lower doors is completely unlike CF3, and the finish is much better. It is likely that this was made to match CF3, probably in the first half of the 19th century. Consequently it post-dates Charles Rogers and was probably commissioned by William Cotton III. If this hypothesis is correct, it indicates that William Cotton went to considerable lengths to maintain and perpetuate Rogers’ legacy, both in terms of its content and its furniture. (Bowett, Adam, 2013)

The bookcase is of modular construction, in eight sections (four above and four below); all parts are mahogany except top and bottom boards of deal or white pine, and the backs. The sections are screwed to each other. The back appears to be white pine; it is of panelled construction and screwed into a rebate at the back of the cases. The cornice is mahogany on a deal or pine core, and is integral to the upper cases. The glazed door frames are solid mahogany veneered with amboyna, with mortise and tenon construction; the interior shelves of mahogany are supported by mahogany spacers applied to the case sides. The surbase and base mouldings are solid mahogany, applied to the case. The lower doors are mahogany, each framed into four panels but flush on the outside face. They are veneered with manchineel and bordered with ebony and amboyna.

, 1800 - 1899

19 century

wood (mahogany), wood (deal), wood (white pine), veneers: wood (amboyna), veneers: wood (manchineel), veneers: wood (ebony)

Named Collection: Cottonian Collection