A PAIR OF MAHOGANY LIBRARY STEPS IN REGENCY STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURYeach 69cm high, 44.5cm wide, 76.5cm wide Provenance: The collection of Standish Robert Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort (1888- 1975) at Hamsterley Hall, Co. DurhamInherited by The Hon. Catherine Mary 'Kate' Wass, OBE (1942-2021) upon the death of her great-uncle, the 7th Viscount Gort, in 1975One from the pair of mahogany library steps was photographed by Country Life in 'The Regency Room' at Hamsterley, the country seat of the 7th Viscount Gort, in 1939 (C. Hussey, 'Hamsterley Hall, Durham: The Seat of the Hon. S.R. Vereker, M.C.', Country Life, 21 October 1939, p. 422, fig. 10).