BOOKCASE: 'WHATNOT', BANNEAR FAMILY

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c. 1930

Overview

Home-made 'what-not' or bookcase using tailor's wooden cotton reels as uprights. It was purchased by Mr. Thomas Melbourne, father of the donor, from a Subiaco furniture shop in 1934 and was already old then. It has five pine shelves, irregularly spaced, with 4 ordinary cotton reels surrounding the top shelf.

Historical information

Home-made 'what-not' or bookcase using tailor's wooden cotton reels as upright. It was purchased by Mr. Thomas Melbourne, father of the donor, from a Subiaco furniture shop in 1934 and was already old then. It has five pine shelves, irregularly spaced, with 4 ordinary cotton reels surrounding the top shelf.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1992.51.1

Item type

Objects

Width

530 mm

Height or length

1006 mm

Depth

205 mm

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