BY J.KENDELL AND CO, MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
BY J.KENDELL AND CO, MID-19TH CENTURY
With an overhanging cornice above a pair of panelled doors, enclosing five sliding trays and with two short and two long drawers below on a plinth base, labelled to the reverse 'J.KENDELL & CO. NO.' and inscribed by hand '90379' with the workman's name 'GARFIELD', the locks stamped 'C&C'
96in. (244cm.) high; 67in. (170cm.) wide; 27in. (69cm.) 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. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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John Kendell appears to have been active in Leeds as early as 1783, in 1792 the business was described as 'timber merchant and cabinet maker' and in 1816 became known as John Kendell & Co. They were employed by the Earl of Harewood at Harewood House, Leeds between 1818-22, and at Farnley Hall, Otley between 1833-34 and adopted a policy of labelling their furniture from the 1830's. The firm wa taken over by Marsh and Jones in 1863. See The Dictionary of English Furniture-Makers 1660 - 1840, Leeds, 1986.