拍品专文
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.
A related hall stand was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 June 2000, lot 7.
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