A circular moveable bookcase, 1810. A cylindrical book tower on casters, with shelves for folio, quarto, octavo books topped with a vase. All shelves on rollers to turn independently. Designed by Benjamin Crosby, manufactured by Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders, Catherine Street, Strand. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Repository consisting of seventy-six designs of modern and fashionable furniture, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1830.

---

Size: 4866px × 7070px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ackermann, arts, benjamin, book, bookcase, books, cabinet-makers, casters, catherine, circular, column, consisting, copperplate, crosby, cylindrical, decor, design, designs, engraving, era, fashion, fashionable, folio, furn, furnishings, furniture, georgian, handcoloured, independent, interior, joseph, london, manufacture, metamorphic, modern, morgan, moveable, octavo, quarto, regency, repository, rollers, rudolph, sanders, seventy-, shelves, strand, street, thomas, tower, turn, upholsterers, upholstery, vase