Library steps
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Mahogany, the treads lined with carpet
Measurements
170 x 69 cm
Place of origin
England
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127830
Summary
A set of mahogany library steps, English, circa 1760, of five carpet-lined treads diminishing in width towards the top, the sides pierced with Gothic quatrefoils, and the rear right-hand support extending to form a handrail.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959.