Bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
30 cm (H)32 cm (W)24 cm (D)
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440910
Summary
[Saved] A mid to late 19th century mahogany desk top bookcase / tidy with five compartments for reference guides. These with each a loose fit leather cover and gold blocked titles for copies of ABC, Bradshaw, Red Book, Postal Guide and Army List. In the base is a shallow drawer for telegram forms. A.B.C. (Alphabetical Railway guide published annually for different UK towns from 1853.) Army List (annual list of serving and retiring British Army Officers) Bradshaw (annual railway timetable) Red Book (annual land valuations and criteria published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) Postal Guide (annual guide to postage rates published by The Royal Mail.)
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 with the aid of a grant from the V&A Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Monument Trust