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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN GREEN-PAINTED CAST-IRON DOUBLE-SIDED LIBRARY BOOKSHELVES

BY W. LUCY & CO., OXFORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN GREEN-PAINTED CAST-IRON DOUBLE-SIDED LIBRARY BOOKSHELVES
BY W. LUCY & Co., OXFORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with fixed top above five adjustable shelves between trestle-end supports decorated with panelled Ionic pilasters with flowered guilloche decoration, on pierced bar feet
Each - 90 in. (229 cm.) high overall; 42 in. (107 cm.) wide; 15 in. (41 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Supplied to the Old School Cambridge University Library.

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Lot Essay

These bookcases were supplied as part of a gradual refurbishment to the Old School Cambridge University Library in the late 19th Century. In 1934, the library was rehoused and the shelves consequently became redundant. Originally from an extensive group of modular bookcases, some of the elements are cast with the signature Perfect Adjusting Shelving, Lamberts Patent, Manufd by W. Lucy & Co. Engineers & Founders, Oxford.
We are grateful to Peter Zutshi, Cambridge Library Archivist, for this information.

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