Mural bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760 - circa 1775
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
88 x 78.5 x 20.4 cm
Place of origin
England
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871361
Summary
A mahogany hanging bookcase, or set of mural shelves, English, late 18th century. Of four shelves, each carved to their front edge with a bead. The sides pierced with 'Chinese' fretwork or paling, and with slanted tops and turned mahogany finials. Of dovetailed construction.
Provenance
Date and method of acquisition not recorded; but at Saltram by 1962 and part of the endowment given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878 - 1962).