A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT HALL STAND

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JAMES SHOOLBRED & COMPANY James Shoolbred and Co. was located on Tottenham Court Road, a thriving centre for fashionable furniture shops from the 1860s, and became one of the first large department stores in London. The company expanded from a small draper business and started to manufacture high quality furniture circa 1870, for which they were granted a Royal warrant by the mid-1880s. Much of the furniture designed by the company was influenced by the 'Aesthetic Taste' popularised by the architect E.W. Godwin. An almost identical hall stand by Shoolbred & Co. to the lots below was recently sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 24 April, 2008, lot 56 (£8,125 including premium).

A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT HALL STAND

ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO., LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT HALL STAND
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO., LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular moulded tablet shelf with shaped galleried back, above a frieze drawer on shaped pierced supports, the sides with open back and quadrant brass rail above a pierced galleried shelf, the sides with removable black-painted quadrant drip-tray, with shaped brass feet, the drawer stamped with patent diamond twice
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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