Colonial Cedar Travelling Bookcase, 1850

Rare Australian Colonial cedar travelling bookcase, N.S.W.…
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Rare Australian Colonial cedar travelling bookcase, N.S.W. Origin, c. 1850, with two doors enclosing a shelved interior, brass bounded, height 76 cm width 61 cm depth 38 cm. provenance: The collection of Robert Hutchinson, Sydney, labels: illustrated K. Fahy. C. Simpson and A. Simpson Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture, p. 289

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