BY HOLLAND AND SONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Holland and Sons was a London furniture making firm founded by William Holland in 1803 with his business partner, Stephen Taprell. The firm was called Taprell and Holland and by 1851, employed over 350 men. In 1852, the firm took over the furniture maker Thomas Dowbiggin and moved to their more illustrious quarters on Mount Street where they changed their name to Holland and Sons. They received Royal commissions for furniture for Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Balmoral. Holland and Sons also supplied many of the furnishings for Londons government buildings and clubs including the British Museum and the Athenaeum.