Lot 123
123
A HARDWOOD REVOLVING BOOKCASE
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A HARDWOOD REVOLVING BOOKCASE

POSSIBLY COLONIAL, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A HARDWOOD REVOLVING BOOKCASE
POSSIBLY COLONIAL, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The four tiers each with four panels of profusely carved figures, animals and folige on a carved winged lion quadripartite trestle base
64in. (163cm.) high, 25in. (64cm.) wide, 25in. (64cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

This book-cabinet, conceived in the 19th century antiquarian fashion, displays tablets of richly carved foliage in the Renaissance style. With its pillar raised on lion-supported trestles, it relates to such antiquarian furniture as the table supplied in the 1840s for the saloon decorated by J.G. Crace at Chirk Castle, Wales (sold Christies, Chirk Castle, 21st June 2004. lot. 150)

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