CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1770
The broken-arched pediment with pierced fret above a pair of glazed doors and similar glazed doors to the base on bracket feet, later glass and mirrored shelves
93½ in. (237.5 cm.) high, 36½ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep

來源

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (d. 1844), Erleigh Court, Berkshire.
Acquired from Macy Darling, Washington, D.C., 1 March 1978.

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When Macy Darling sold the bookcase in 1978, it was purported to have belonged to Viscount Sidmouth at Erleigh Court, Berkshire. Henry Addington, later 1st Viscount Sidmouth, served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1789 and Prime Minister from 1801 until 1804. He was elevated to peer the following year. Lord Sidmouth inherited the estate at Erleigh Court in 1836 at the death of his wife's father, Lord Stowell, but resided elsewhere - at Woodley House, Berkshire, and White Lodge in Richmond Park, the Royal hunting lodge built for George II. White Lodge is where he died in 1844. By 1932, Erleigh Court stood empty and was purchased by a property developer and demolished three years later.