An unusual reading stand in the form of a pile of books, probably English, 20th century

Property from an Important English Private Collection

An unusual reading stand in the form of a pile of books, probably English, 20th century

polychrome decorated, with an open-book forming a slope, painted with poetic verse, one spine labelled 'Thompson'

37cm. high, 27cm. wide, 33cm. deep; 1ft. 2 ½in., 10 ½in., 1ft. 1in.