REVOLVING BOOKCASE

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RICHARD NORMAN SHAW; UNITED KINGDOM, ATTRIBUTED TO
REVOLVING BOOKCASE
circa 1890, oak with one glazed door, with overall carved dedications, heraldic shields, and book category titles
79 in. (200.7 cm.) high
carved The Tabard Inn Library & Exchange Station, and The true university of these days is a collection of books Carlyle, applied paper label for W & J Mackay & Co., written in ink The Tabard Inn Library, 14 Hanover Street, Hanover Square London W

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Lot Essay

This design has been associated with the Tabard Inn, Bedford Park. Envisaged as the first garden suburb, Bedford Park was conceived in 1875 by Johnathan Carr, with E.W. Godwin as architect, however, Richard Norman Shaw became the key co-ordinator in 1877.

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