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Lot Essay
James Shoolbred and Company was located on Tottenham Court Road, a thriving center for fashionable furniture shops from the 1860's. They operated one of the first great department stores in London, and while their trade was diverse, they began producing furniture in around 1870. They earned a Royal warrant in the mid-1880's. They issued an important catalogue of the firm's work in 1876. Their output encompassed all prevailing style including Art furniture, 'Old English' and 'Japanese' (see E.Joy, ed., Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1977, p.xxxvi).
A number of hall stools by Shoolbred of a registered model from the 1880's have been sold at auction and include a pair sold from the Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, sold in these Rooms, 16 April 1994, lot 150 and another pair sold Sotheby's New York, 11-12 April 1997, lot 828.
A number of hall stools by Shoolbred of a registered model from the 1880's have been sold at auction and include a pair sold from the Estate of Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, sold in these Rooms, 16 April 1994, lot 150 and another pair sold Sotheby's New York, 11-12 April 1997, lot 828.