The Walpole House Bookcase, circa 1770

A George III architectural library bookcase, removed from Walpole House on Chiswick Mall, the historic home of the Benson family, and believed to have originally been made for their house at Compton Bassett, Wiltshire.
Constructed in pine, it does not appear to have ever been decorated. The outer wings are flanked by pilaster columns and capped by pedimented cornices. The plinth and pediment mouldings carved with leaf decoration. The waist moulding ornamented with fluting and paterae, the fluted pilasters are surmounted by ionic capitals, foliate leaf moulding and egg-and-dart decoration. The cornices decorated with a dentil moulding surmounted by a further moulding having intricate foliate carving. The flats of the cornice fluted and interspersed with large foliate paterae.

Height
353cm
Width
580cm
Depth
40cm
Ref
A00409
Price
£245,000.00
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