Bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Mahogany, glass, brass
Measurements
203 x 180 x 47 cm
Place of origin
Ireland
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655900
Summary
A mahogany bookcase, Irish, circa 1790, the moulded cornice with dentil band, above a pair of large astragal glazed doors enclosing three shelves, the lower section with a pair of panelled cupboard doors flanked on each side by a column of three drawers, each drawer with cockbeading and brass oval handles, on a plinth base.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013