Description
the raised spindled gallery with shaped shelf and inset embossed copper panel bearing inscription VITA SINE LITEREIS MORS EST (Life without literature is death), above two glazed and leaded doors flanked by adjustable open shelves and raised on square tapered legs, stamped maker's marks
Dimensions
124cm wide, 155cm high, 36cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Bennett, Daryl 'Shapland & Petter Ltd. of Barnstaple: Arts & Crafts Furniture', 2005, p. 57, fig. 4.32 where a similar bookcase is illustrated.