Lot Essay
The 'Elizabethan' lead-glazed bookcase is branded with a number, in the system introduced in the early 1890s by Morris & Co., on taking over Messrs. Holland & Sons' Pimlico workshops.
BY MORRIS & CO.
Details
An Edwardian mahogany bookcase
By Morris & Co.
The moulded cornice above a pair of leaded glass doors, the projecting base fitted with a pair of astragal glazed doors, enclosing shelves, on bracket feet, stamped Morris & Co., 449 Oxford St. W. 1560
52in. (132cm.) wide, 93in. (236cm.) high, 17¼in. (44cm.) deep
By Morris & Co.
The moulded cornice above a pair of leaded glass doors, the projecting base fitted with a pair of astragal glazed doors, enclosing shelves, on bracket feet, stamped Morris & Co., 449 Oxford St. W. 1560
52in. (132cm.) wide, 93in. (236cm.) high, 17¼in. (44cm.) deep
Special notice
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