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Molded horizontal crest with incised line decoration; flat top with molded frieze; carved and paneled sides with two ball finials on each side; incised brackets above applied frontal molding with fluting terminating in carved foot; four adjustable shelves with beveled edges; scalloped leather with an embossed vine motif attached along shelf edges with brass tackes.
bookcases
shelves
brass (alloy)
carving (processes)
incising
leather
wood (plant material)
Eastlake
vines
Leather
Brass
Vine
Carved
Eastlake
Incised
BOOKCASE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
59.5 x 48 x 13 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.807
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