Antique Oak Butterworth's Building-Up Bookcase
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Early 20th Century Oak Butterworth's Building-Up Sectional Bookcase, comprising four stacking sections with retractable glass doors. The bookcase bears a brass plaque with the inscription - "Butterworth's Building-Up Bookcase / 180 Phillip St., Sydney, N.S.W. / Patented 7-3-1917. / No. 3408."
An early form of modular furniture. Very few were made in Australia. Handles replaced.
Circa:
1917
Height:
159 cm
Width:
89 cm
Depth:
28 cm