EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details

A REGENCY MAHOGANY OPEN BOOKCASE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with shaped reeded ends with a fixed shelf, above four adjustable shelves, the base with a pair of panelled doors with later brass trellis backed with buff floral cut-velvet panels, on bracket feet and brass castors, the reverse inscribed in chalk 'J1942' and '9/10/59' and '173', the upper back rail later
76¼ in. (193.5 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The late Lady Hamilton; Bonhams, Bury St. Edmunds, 7 March 2001, lot 621.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Lady Hamilton, CBE (1913-2000), educated at St Felix Southwold and Newnham College, Cambridge, was a committed volunteer, working with disabled and elderly. She founded the Disabled Living Foundation of which she became Chairman and President. She was married to Sir Patrick Hamilton, Bt.

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