Bookcase
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Mahogany, Metal
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429296
Summary
Set of fitted mahogany library bookcases, English, installed in the early 1890s by Coningsby Disraeli. 19 individual bays, each section is labelled from A - T ('I' is not included). The book shelves are numbered in columns, mostly 1-9, all sections with a moulded cornice and enclosed by removable metal grilles with padlocks. One section has panelled doors.