€2,500
An important mahogany Library Bookcase, by Augustus Welby Pugin (1812-1852) for the Architect William Viruvius Morrison (1794-1838) commissioned for Kilcolman Abbey, also known as Miltown House, Miltown, Co. Kerry. The bookcase in the Neo-Gothic style with a linen fold frieze to the pediment over four plain glazed doors, above four linen fold doors to the base and gables, raised on a moulded plinth., 240cms x 214cms (94 /2" x 84"). (1)
Provenance: Godfrey Family, Sir John Godfrey commissioned Morrison as an architect to renovate Kilcolman. The family abandoned Kilcolman in 1958 due to severe dry rot. By descent to a member of the Godfrey Family.
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