AN EARLY VICTORIAN BROWN-OAK, OAK AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE

BY JOHNSTONE AND JEANS

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BROWN-OAK, OAK AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE
By Johnstone and Jeans
The rounded-rectangular top with strapwork foliate and figurative border, above a pair of mahogany-lined frieze drawers, on lotus-leaf clasped and fluted baluster legs, on cabriole legs with pierced eagle claw feet, sunk castors, stamped 'JOHNSTONE & JEANS NEW BOND ST LONDON'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 56 in. (143.5 cm.) wide; 30 in. (77 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Johnstone, Jupe and Co. were reknowned for making extending tables, with a patented design by Robert Jupe of 47 Welbeck Street. John Johnstone, had premises in New Bond Street, and he made the first dining-tables, in 1835. The firm of Johnstone and Jeans established themselves after 1842 and were successors to the original firm of Johnstone Jupe and Co. A rosewood table of very similar design to the present lot is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 527.

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