Bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820 - 1830
Materials
Zebra wood, gilt metal
Measurements
183 x 115 x 51 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428673.1
Summary
One of a pair of zebrawood open bookcases, English, circa 1820-1830. Fitted in the niche on the left-hand side of the fireplace in The Study, the upper section of each with simple flat cornice and plain frieze above three divided open shelves fronted with gilt-metal mounted projecting columns, the lower section enclosed by a pair of panelled cupboards with pronounced striped figuring, on shallow plinth.
Provenance
Visible in the 1881 photograph of The Study.