Folio stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Oak, painted wood, leather, paper, brass
Measurements
127 x 114.3 x 75.5 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206953
Summary
A library folio stand, English, circa 1900. The easel stand of oak, supporting a paper-lined leather folio with a brass catch. The front supports painted blue-green. The brass catch to the folio stamped '17794'.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.
Marks and inscriptions
Lock or catch to folio: 17794