Reading stand
Category
Metalwork
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Wrought iron
Measurements
1150 x 330 mm
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499845
Summary
A wrought iron reading stand on a tripod base. Rectangular book rest to the top with adjustable height and angle. Stem is decorated with scrolling pierced iron-work with a large sphere near the base with a smaller sphere above. Both spheres and stand are decorated with an interlocking pierced design of scrolling heart shapes.
Provenance
Original to the house.