Victorian Book Stand for the Serious Reader
The Holloway reading stand and dictionary holder is a contraption to make every book lover's heart beat a little faster and every lover of the old and quirky rejoice.
With room for book storage, a table for a pot of tea, and dual arms for supporting open books, it was depicted as easily accompanying you from work to leisure, able to be rolled from station to station.
The Holloway Reading Stand and Dictionary Holder
Chela Metzger recently found this very cool Victorian reading stand during a conservation project and agreed to guest blog about it. It is almost robotic in its complexity. There is a link to oth…
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