Lot 32
32
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED GRAINED PINE BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED GRAINED PINE BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE

CIRCA 1815

Details
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED GRAINED PINE BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
Circa 1815
The pedimented cresting centering a flowerhead roundel and with corner acroteria over three sections of open shelves, the base with further open shelves, the whole with reeded borders, redecorated, pediment later
90in. (229cm.) high, 111in. (282cm.) wide, 18in. (36cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly supplied for Henry Howard (d.1842) for the Library at Corby Castle, Cumbria in circa 1812.
Thence by descent until sold by Sir John Howard-Lawson Bt. and Lady Howard-Lawson, Corby Castle, Cumbria, Phillips house sale, 18 May 1994, lot 385, 386 or 387.

Lot Essay

Corby Castle was purchased by Lord William Howard, third son of the 4th Duke of Norfolk, during the reign of James I. The house, widely known for its early 'arcadian' landscape conceived in the 1720's, was transformed for Henry Howard in 1812. This bookcase and the following lot (originally a group of three library bookcases) may have been commissioned as part of this renovation.

Two further Regency pieces also probably dating from Henry Howard's renovation were sold by Sir John Howard-Lawson, Bt., Christie's London, 7 July 1994, lots 148 and 150.