A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED OAK HALL STAND

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A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED OAK HALL STAND
The shaped galleried top with turned finials flanking a moulded rectangular top, above a frieze drawer on pierced reeded legs flanked by curved umbrella supports, above a lower tier with gallery and removable metal liners, brass feet, the drawer stamped three times with registration patent mark for 1 November 1883, the drawer inscribed in pencil twice 'no.834,86 J.M.D.10/12/92' warehouse'
39¾ in. (101 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 13¼ in. (34 cm.) deep

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The Tottenham Court Road firm of James Shoolbred and Company branched out into the cabinet-making business around 1870 and were among the Royal appointees in the mid-1880s. Patterns for a variety of related 'hat and umbrella stands' featured in their 1876 catalogue (E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 357.)

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