Bookcase
Lewis William Wyatt (Penrhyn Bay 1777 - Isle of Wight 1853)
Category
Furniture
Date
1820
Materials
Oak
Measurements
3170 x 3180 x 610 mm
Place of origin
Lyme Park
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499689.1
Summary
A fitted oak bookcase with moulded cornice over three bays of adjustable shelves flanked by fluted ionic pilasters; the projecting base with panelled trelliswork doors backed with dark-blue shot fabric on moulded plinths. Designed by Lewis Wyatt, circa 1820. En suite with four others of varying size.
Provenance
Orginal to the house. Designed by Lewis Wyatt as part of his scheme for the library in the early nineteenth century.
Marks and inscriptions
4 / 5 (marked on lower shelves. Cream lettering on black labels)
Makers and roles
Lewis William Wyatt (Penrhyn Bay 1777 - Isle of Wight 1853), architect