Bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820 - 1830
Materials
Zebrawood, Giltmetal
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428673.2
Summary
One of a pair of zebrawood open bookcases, English, circa 1820-1830. Fitted in the niche to right-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.