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Code: 2373
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Georgian mahogany folding bookrest. An ingenious one-piece folding bookrest as illustrated in Ince & Mayhew’s book published in 1762.
This example probably by Gates of Brighton, as mentioned in Pinto p.251 1 text plate 282, dates to the early 19th century.