GEORGE EDMUND STREET (1824-1881)
REFORMED GOTHIC HANGING BOOKCASE, CIRCA 1880
£1,260
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
ebonised and gilded wood, with later silk backing and with three adjustable shelves
Dimensions
116.5cm wide, 150cm high, 23.3cm deep, shelf depth 14cm
Provenance
Provenance: John Gilbert Getty (1968-2020)
with Paul Shutler
Footnote
Note: In 1874-5 G.E. Street added a chapel to his previous commission, Cuddesdon College near Oxford (1853). At the same time, he designed and supplied a suite of ebonised and gilt bookcases for the library, and, although it is not known for which commission the current lot was made, this hanging bookcase follows their design. As with most architects of the time, the re-use of a successful design for other commissions was commonplace.