Bookcase
Sopwith
Category
Furniture
Date
1853
Materials
Mahogany, ivorine
Measurements
276 x 196 x 45 cm
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582673.3
Summary
One of a suite of mahogany library open bookcases, English, commissioned in 1853. Each with moulded cornice and divided into variously sized sections, mostly double or single sections and standing on plinths, each frieze at waist height applied with letters of the alphabet on ivorine labels, this one H and I.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
H I (on ivory labels)
Makers and roles
Sopwith , cabinetmaker