A William IV mahogany davenport

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A William IV mahogany davenport
The sliding top with a pierced foliate gallery and inset panel sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior with a hinged pen drawer, a slide and four drawers to one side with a slide to the other, on bun feet with castors, the drawer stamped From Taprell, Holland & Son, Upholsterers C... Street
22¼in. (51.5cm.) wide, 34½in. (87.5cm.) high, 23in. (58.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Stephen Taprell and William Holland enjoyed a very close partnership and traded under this name between 1835 and 1843, when Taprell retired to be succeeded by Holland, when the firm then traded as Holland and Sons

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