Vintage Display Bookcase in Blue Decapé | Four Doors, 1960s

• Structurally inspected
• Hand-sanded
• Color customization in our workshop
• Furniture ready for use

A wall of books calls for something more than shelves. It calls for deciding what to display and what to keep hidden.

This display bookcase was made in Spain in the 1960s, with the classic lines that then filled living rooms and offices: a moulded cornice, panels with cut-out corners and arched glass doors. It is a vintage piece that came from an antique dealer.

It has four doors. The ones at the ends are solid, with a moulded panel; the two central ones have glass. Behind each one are shelves.

Below the display cabinets, two wide drawers with rocaille handles and a keyhole. The side doors have drop-shaped handles; the central ones, a lock with its key.

The two front legs are carved brackets: an acanthus scroll on a lattice background.

The blue is ours. In the workshop, the exterior was hand-painted and distressed: on the edges, mouldings and carvings, the coppery tone underneath shows through. The interior retains its walnut-toned wood, untouched.

It measures 188 cm wide, 42 cm deep and 174 cm high, and weighs 70 kg.

In a living room, along the main wall. In an office, as a bookcase. In a dining room, as a display cabinet for the tableware, with the table linen in the drawers.

It is wider than it is tall. It requires 188 cm of free wall space and room to walk in front of it to open the side doors.

Whoever is looking for an open-shelved bookcase should not choose this: it only displays what is behind the glass.

WHY THIS BOOKCASE AND NOT ANOTHER

→ Glass in the centre, wood on the sides. What you want to see goes in the display cabinet; the rest, behind the solid doors. One single piece of furniture for both.

→ The original interior. The shelves and back retain their walnut-toned wood. Behind the glass, that warm tone stands out against the blue.

→ The carved brackets. Scrolls on a lattice background on the two legs. This is where the distressed finish is best seen: each relief has its own wear.

RESTORATION IN OUR NAVALCARNERO WORKSHOP, MADRID

In the workshop, the structure was inspected and the exterior was hand-painted in blue, with a distressed finish on the edges, mouldings and carvings.

The interior and its layout were not touched. It is ready to enter your home.

Style: Classic Spanish, Louis XV-inspired
Material: Wood; glass in the two central doors
Technique: Carved feet brackets; hand-painted with a décapé finish
Finish: Hand-painted blue exterior with a décapé finish, applied in our workshop. Interior in its original walnut-toned wood, with no color treatment
Hardware: Drop pendant handles with openwork rosettes on the side doors; rocaille and escutcheon handles on the drawers; key locks
Layout: Four doors (two solid at the ends and two glass in the center), interior shelves behind each door, and two drawers below the glass cabinets
Dimensions: 188 cm (Width) × 42 cm (Depth) × 174 cm (Height)
Condition: Structure inspected; workshop décapé with wear on edges, moldings, and carvings; interior with its original signs of use
Period: 1960s, Spain

188 cm (Width) × 42 cm (Depth) × 174 cm (Height)

Free shipping to mainland Spain. Includes indoor delivery with packaging removal.