Display stand
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plywood, metal and iron
Measurements
940 x 815 x 960 mm
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 15150
Summary
Folding display stand. Wooden easel legs with back set H-bar, hinged to frame, linked to front legs with metal folding hinged strip. Front legs have metal swivels near base to jointed metal legs to support the fold down flap when horizontal. Right metal leg has lower foot missing. When opened forms a horizontal display table with sloping back support for papers or prints. The folding parts have interior paper on plywood with green leather rim and gold band and upper outside. Metal lock plate on lower folding part. Damage to leather on flap where other part of lock would have been. Two chains hang from hinges of folding parts, each with hook on end.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.