![]() The type of locks employed in this bookcase is a lever combination lock. They would have been middlemen having various merchandise made for them, primarily for export to North America. W Chance, Son, & Co" and are listed in the 1850s directories as "Merchants and Factors" in Birmingham, England. By the Edwardian period, Ralph had become a cabinet maker of some renown.ĭrawer locks are original and stamped "Chance Son & Co. He opened his own workshop, presumably when his father retired. Ralph would have likely been an apprentice at that time. would have been Ralph's father's workshop listed at 78 Bridge Street in Warrington, England, circa 1878. While information is scant, it would seem that S. This fine bookcase was manufactured prior to 1880 in Warrington in Cheshire, England. ![]() Measurements: 13' 8 1/2" long x 21 1/2" - 27 1/2" deep x 101" high (8'5" high)Īll of the drawers are stamped with the cabinetmaker's stamp, "S.E. All of the hardware is original to the bookcase including the locks. Original tear-drop pulls on doors turn to release a lever allowing the doors to be opened with the pulls as well as locked, a most unusual and attractive feature. There are two adjustable shelves in each of the three upper sections, with a total of ten interior drawers. Features six doors with glass panels in the upper section over a base with ten drawers on each side, flanking a middle section consisting of three doors with wooden panels. Johnson of Warrington, England, circa 1870. A handsome and very well crafted English break-front bookcase or bibliotheque in solid mahogany by S.E.
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