Library steps
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
33.5 ins (h)15.75 ins (w)14.375 ins (d)23.5 ins (d)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274816
Summary
A dark oak chair, two back rails each pierced with a pair of clover leaves, the top one with a heart at centre. Converts to four-tread library steps, by inverting back and seat on hinges at front of seat, supported on front legs. Treads surfaced with dark brown linoleum.
Provenance
George Bernard Shaw bequest 1950.