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Bookcase associated with Threave Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire

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Postcard of Bookcase associated with Threave Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire.
000-100-000-667-C
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Bookcase associated with Threave Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire

This bookcase is said to have been made from a late 16th- or early 17th-century carved oak bedstead. The bedstead was originally in Threave Castle in Kirkcudbrightshire and was used for the bookcase by early 19th-century antiquary Joseph Train.

The book case is in three parts. The carvings, particularly of soldiers, dancers and musicians, are naïve but illustrate cultural life in Scotland.

The carvings on the panels are apparently by someone working in the south west of Scotland about 1600. Other work with similar figures, such as a door at Terregles and another from Amisfield, is attributed to the same man.


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Online ID: 000-100-000-667-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.KL 131
Date: Late 16th - early 17th century
Material: Wood, oak
Dimensions: 1170 x 1340 x 400 / 1120 x 1320 x 350 / 300 x 1390 x 390 mm
What: Bookcase
Subject: Carved woodwork, painted ceilings (NMAS Classification)
Who: Joseph Train
Where: Kirkcudbrightshire, Threave Castle
Scotland, Berwickshire, Greenlaw
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Description: Carved bookcase of oak in three parts, said to have been made from a bedstead in Threave Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire, but latterly at Greenlaw, Berwickshire, late 16th to early 17th century
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