W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
A Mid 19th century Mahogany and brass bound Campaign Bookcase, each side fitted with a cast iron carrying handle, the interior fitted with two panelled doors enclosing adjustable shelves.
Hence every article of an absolutely necessary kind must be made very portable, both for package and that such utensils may not retard a rapid movement… And it will be noted that most of the things of this nature will suit a long sea voyage’. So wrote Thomas Sheraton in his ‘design book’ of 1803 before going on to describe a ‘field officer’s tent and marquee’ with its furnishings of ‘camp or field bedsteads, camp chairs, desk, stools and tables’.
Circa 1840
Price: £2,500-00p.
Height: 27”, 68.5 cms / Width: 18”, 48 cms / Depth: 15”, 38 cms.
Literature:
“The Pen and The Sword, Writing and Fighting at Home and Abroad” 1990 exhibition catalogue from W.R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd.
See The World of Interiors, June 1990 edition for the above catalogue as well.
Sheraton, T. and Aronson, J. (1972). The Cabinet-Maker And Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book. New York, USA: Dover Publications, Inc.
Sheraton, T. (1970). Thomas Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary, Volume I. London, UK: Praeger Publishers. p123-126.
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Mid 19th-Century Campaign Folding Bookcase
