FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN ELM LIBRARY LADDER
First half 19th century
The faux bamboo tapering uprights and rundles with iron rail mounts, possibly painted
113 in. (287 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This library ladder of faux bamboo is designed in the Regency Chinese manner, after the Prince Regent's Marine Pavillion at Brighton. Furniture in the chinoiserie taste was supplied by Elward, Marsh and Tatham along with others similarly designed by Frederick Crace (d.1859).

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