Library steps
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1875 - circa 1900
Materials
Walnut, brass
Measurements
44.5 x 36.2 x 46.6 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207008
Summary
A set of walnut steps, or library steps, English, late 19th century. Of two treads. With chamfer decoration.
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.