Book press
Category
Furniture
Date
1650 - 1850
Materials
Oak
Measurements
1245 x 1360 x 375 mm
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783829
Summary
Oak library book press, 17th century and later, with hinged and sloping desk top above a pair of panelled cupboard doors; guilloche carving to front frieze of desk top and wide upper panels of doors; lower four panels in each door plain with ogee moulding, matched in applied framing either side and between doors; dentil moulding applied to base; billeted sliding wooden cover to lock in desk top frieze; iron hinges.