Elastic Book Case
The Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd
Category
Furniture
Date
1900
Materials
Pine, copper and brass
Measurements
2750 x 865 x 290 mm
Place of origin
Cincinnati
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Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 813939
Summary
Tall pine bookcase: stained and varnished in eight tiers with hinged and glazed panels to front. Brass plated knob handles to doors and copper plated strips to sides. Plain shaped cornice and base plinth. The bookcase can be divided to form separate units of differing height.
Provenance
Hamilton-Russell collection. Lady Labouchere can remember the bookcase being in the Library at Stanmore, and was purchased from the Army and Navy Store.
Marks and inscriptions
'The Globe-Wernicke Co. Elastic Book Cases, Cininnati. USA'. (Stamped in black on underside of cornice)
Makers and roles
The Globe-Wernicke Co Ltd, manufacturer