Bookcase
Agnes Garrett (1845 - 1935)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
112 x 286 x 37.5 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1213989
Summary
A mahogany breakfront dwarf open bookcase, English, designed by Rhoda and Agnes Garrett, circa 1880. The top with moulded cornice, the centre section with two shelves and a row of three doors, each with a diamond-shaped panel and flanked by spiral columns, the flanking sections each with three shelves and outer moulded uprights, the whole standing on short square tapering legs.
Full description
Cousins Rhoda (1841-1882) and Agnes Garrett (1845-1935) trained in the architectural office of J.M. Brydon before setting up their own interior design company in 1875 which aimed to bring fresh designs to a wider middle-class public. Together they wrote and published Suggestions for House Decoration in 1876, part of the 'Art at Home' series of interior decoration and household taste manuals published by Macmillan. They also decorated 4, Upper Berkeley Street, the home of Agnes's sister, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first English woman permitted to qualify as a doctor.
Makers and roles
Agnes Garrett (1845 - 1935), designer Rhoda Garrett (1841 - 1882), designer