ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO.

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A VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED OAK HALL STAND
Attributed to James Shoolbred & Co.
With small rectangular galleried shelf above a panelled back and flanked by patera finials, with rounded rectangular stick-holder and removable metal tray, on splayed feet, with brass kite mark for
39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The umbrella stand, with galleried vase shelf and brass enrichments, has flowered and foliated enrichments reflecting the enthusiasm for 'Art botany' promoted by Christopher Dresser (d. 1904), the self-styled 'ornamentist', who contributed to Owen Jones's Grammar of Ornament, 1859 and whose numerous publications included, Studies in Design, 1874-6, Principles of Decorative Design, 1873, and Modern Ornamentation, 1886. Patterns for a variety of related 'hat and umbrella stands' featured in the 1876 catalogue of James Shoolbred and Company. The Tottenham Court Road firm of Shoolbred & Co. 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).
A related hall stand was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 June 2000, lot 7.

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