The Easton Neston revolving bookcase
The Easton Neston revolving bookcase
Date circa 1820
Epoque 19th century
Origine English
Dimension 150 x 63.5 cm (59 x 25 inches)
Note: The bookcase retains much of the original gilding and the original brass gallery.
Date: circa 1820
Epoque: 19th century
Origine: English
Dimension: 150 x 63.5 cm (59 x 25 inches)
Provenance: Frederick, 2nd Baron Hesketh (1916 - 1955), Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, England.
Private collection, England.
Apter Fredericks Ltd., London, England.
Literature: Thomas Hope, Household Furniture & Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. IX.
Margaret Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795 - 1820, 2nd revised edition, 1949, fig. 172.
Pauline Agius, Ackermann’s Regency Furniture & Interiors, 1984, p. 48.
Frances Collard, Regency Furniture, 2nd edition, 1985, p. 16.
Illustrated:
Christian, Lady Hesketh, ‘Easton Neston, Nicholas Hawksmoor’s Baroque Creation in Northamptonshire’, Architectural Digest, January 1991, p. 143.
Apter Fredericks Ltd., ‘Important English Furniture’, catalogue, 2013, p. 11.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
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