Untitled
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Mahogany, Metal
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429296.8
Summary
Bay H of fitted mahogany library bookcases with removable metal grills. English, installed in the early 1890s by Coningsby Disraeli. Comprised of 8 shelves in total; 6 on the upper case and 2 on the lower case (shelves 4, 5 and 6 are split in half by a wooden divider). Four original metal plates and padlocks (two on top case and two on lower case).