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Bookcase

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-5490

Description

Four shelf bookcase; stepped base surmounted by sunken panel sides which enclose an elaborately scroll carved and veneered facade with two glazed paneled doors; a veneered frieze supports the stepped cornice.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookcases
shelves
Walnut
Veneered
Renaissance Revival
Carved
BOOKCASE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

56 x 54.5 x 13.875 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.806

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