Book rest
Category
Furniture
Date
1765 - 1775
Materials
Solid mahogany
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1398509
Summary
A mahogany adjustable reading stand, English, circa 1770 The double book rest of triangular form raised on a turned column and pedestal base with three angled cabriole legs and pad feet. Adjustable in height, the top free to spin.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)