ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO.

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A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED OAK HALL STAND
Attributed to James Shoolbred & Co.
The shaped galleried back above a moulded rectangular shelf with frieze drawer and shaped supports, the sides with quadrant brass umbrella rails and shaped brass trays, on a moulded base, the drawer stamped twice with kite registration stamp for 3 December 1883
39¾ in. (101 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) wide; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

James Shoolbred & Co. are recorded at the Victoria and Albert Museum as furniture makers. They exhibited 'a very extensive selection of items' in the 1878 Paris Universal Exhibition. Much of the furniture they designed was influenced by the 'Aesthetic Taste', popularised by the architect E.W. Godwin. Shoolbred & Co. became one of the first large department stores in London. They expanded from a small draper business and started to manufacture high quality furniture circa 1870, for which they were given a Royal warrant by the mid-1880s.R
A similar hall stand was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 9 March 2000, lot 1 (£4,600 inc. premium).

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