Condition report:
There are three adjustable shelves to each glazed section of these bookcases. The cupboards below contain one adjustable shelf each. Overall depth 53cm, top and bottom cupboards 40cm deep internal.
Two handles loose.
A few minor scuffs, minor marks, scratches and knocks commensurate with age and use.
One small split to the top of the side return of one (see additional photograph). A few scratches to the surface below the one astragal door of the same bookcase.
Very minor water mark to ledge of the second bookcase (see photograph).
These are not stamped. Overall, very well constructed and in good condition.
Provenance
The
2nd Earl of Snowdon.
These
superb quality bookcases were designed by David Linley and Matthew Rice.
They were made in 1990 to furnish David Linley’s artist studio in
Burlington Lodge House. A similar pair were earlier exhibited by David
Linley Furniture at the House and Garden Fair.
Constructed
from quarter-sawn English oak, with ebony handles and Cedar of Lebanon backs,
they are of the highest quality. The construction of the glazed doors
allowed for no tolerance in their manufacture with the highest precision
required for the glazing bars.
