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Lot 88

AN IRISH WHITE-PAINTED BREAKFAST BOOKCASE

CIRCA 1820-30

Closed14 April 2010

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GBP 11,875

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AN IRISH WHITE-PAINTED BREAKFAST BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1820-30
Each section with open shelves above a cupboard enclosing shelves, re-painted, the doors lacking
107½ in. (273 cm.) high; 122¼ in. (323 cm.) wide, approx.; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep

By repute from Killymoon Castle, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Purchased from Robert Kime.

Specialist note

Killymoon castle was London architect John Nash's (1752-1835) first Irish project. He was commissioned by Colonel William Stewart in 1802 to rebuild the castle. Nash incorporated the original castle's Gothic chapel structure as a library comprising a crenellated sandstone structure with square towers.