Live Auction 523920th Century Decorative Art & Design
EDWARD WILLIAM GODWIN (1833-1886)
Lot 25

EDWARD WILLIAM GODWIN (1833-1886)

BOOKCASE, DESIGNED FOR DROMORE CASTLE, IRELAND, CIRCA 1870

Closed3 May 2012

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GBP 91,250

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EDWARD WILLIAM GODWIN (1833-1886)
BOOKCASE, DESIGNED FOR DROMORE CASTLE, IRELAND, CIRCA 1870
probably manufactured by Reuben Burkitt, wainscot oak with brass pulls and fittings
88 in. (223.5 cm.) high; 48¾ in. (123.8 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (54.7 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The bookcase is one of six examples commissioned for Dromore Castle by the third Earl of Limerick in 1865.