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A VICTORIAN WALNUT CHEST

BY CHRISTOPHER PRATT & SONS, BRADFORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details
A VICTORIAN WALNUT CHEST
BY CHRISTOPHER PRATT & SONS, BRADFORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top above an arrangement of two short and three long graduated drawers flanked by carved pilasters on brown porcelain castors, the reverse bearing a paper label for 'Christr Pratt & Sons/Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers/Carpet and Bedding Warehousemen/Bradford' and a further label for 'PAUL REEVES/FURNITURE AND ARTEFACTS/1860-1960, the locks stamped '2 LEVER' and 'H'
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; 44¼ in. (112 cm.) wide; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) deep
Provenance
with Paul Reeves, London.
Special notice
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. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Lot Essay

Christopher Pratt & Sons of Bradford offered a complete house-furnishing service. In their 1901 catalogue they acknowleged that 'modern furniture design consists very largely in the imitation of old styles'. (J. Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, London, 1987.)

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