Bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Mahogany, inlay, pine and mahogany drawer linings, glass, velvet interior, brass handles, bone escutcheons
Measurements
268 x 214.5 x 56 cm
Place of origin
England
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582702
Summary
A mahogany breakfront bookcase, English, circa 1820. The upper section enclosed by four glazed doors with line-inlaid diamond-shaped astragals, the interior velvet-lined, surmounted by a pierced fret swan-neck pediment, the lower section with reeded edges and four long drawers flanked by eight smaller graduated drawers, all with brass handles.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt