Bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1949
Materials
Walnut, glass and velour
Measurements
234.6 x 148 x 39.4 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220712
Summary
A figured walnut 'Pepys' bookcase, British, first half 20th century, the moulded cornice with a concave frieze above a pair of eighteen-panel astragal glazed doors, these doors enclosing three fixed shelves, the shelves and interior lined in grey velour, the lower section with moulded top above a pair of six-panel astragal glazed doors, the doors enclosing a single shelf, the shelf and interior lined in grey velour, with moulded base on flattened bun feet.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009), 1976.