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A suite of six matched cedar and burr oak open bookcases part 18th and 19th century
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Cedar, walnut, pine, oak and brass
- largest: 90.5cm. high, 193cm. wide, 21cm. deep; 2ft. 11½in., 6ft. 4in., 8¼in., smallest: 90cm. high, 93cm. wide, 20cm. deep; 2ft. 1½in., 3ft. ¾in., 8in.
four with brass three-quarter galleries and reeded pilasters, possibly altered from library fittings in the 20th century
Literature
West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p.3, in the Morning Room (two); Pair 4’4” burr walnut Dwarf open Bookcases with inlaid yew panels, reed pilasters, 2 moveable shelves, and one with brass fret gallery. £45-0-0.
Condition
Country House condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
James Pope Hennessey, Monkton-Milnes, The Years of Promise, London, 1949, p. 85 describes the interior of Fryston Hall, Yorkshire; ‘Bookcases clung to every wall, lined the passages and some of the bedrooms, were found in cupboards and in landings… The main bookroom was panelled in cedar-wood, and the shelves encroached to the very edges of the mantelpiece’. The use of ‘cedar-wood’ panelling is unusual and it is highly likely that the bookcases in the present lot incorporate surviving fragments from this extraordinary room at Fryston. They appear to be assembled from earlier components and in all probability were made using salvaged cedar by Robert, 1st Marquess of Crewe when his father’s books were moved to Crewe Hall before Fryston was sold and then demolished in the first part of the 20th century.