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A Very Fine Ebonised Library / Writing-Table Designed by John Francis Bentley, Circa 1870.
Designed by the architect John Francis Bentley (1839-1902) for Sunnydene, Rockhills, Sydenham.
Provenance
Supplied to W. R. Sutton, Sunnydene, Sydenham, circa 1870.
Handley-Read collection, sold Sotheby’s Belgravia 19th April 1978, lot 110.
Haslam & Whiteway.
Clive & Jane Wainwright collection.
Literature
Winifrede de l’Hôpital, Westminster Cathedral and it’s Architect, 1919, p. 571, pl. XCI.
Dimensions
29.5in. (75cm) high; 61in. (155cm) wide; 29.25in. (74cm) deep.The BADA Standard
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