Secrétaire bookcase
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Oak and pollard oak.
Measurements
224 x 125.5 x 56.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882714
Summary
An oak and pollard oak secretaire bookcase, English, circa 1840. The upper section with foliate-carved cornice and open shelves, the lower section having a hinge-down secretaire drawer with a fitted interior of drawers and pigeonholes, above a pair of doors with foliate-carved upper corners enclosing two further long drawers with sunken brass handles, on a gadrooned plinth.
Provenance
Provenance unknown for certain, but listed in the 1979 inventory. Probably acquired with the house in 1953.