A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CANTERBURY

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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CANTERBURY
CIRCA 1830

With X-framed uprights centering a ribbon-tied garland above a drawer on turned legs, the drawer with maker's label 'W. Bishop Maker, Carpet Dealer, Interior Decorator, Ann Street, Birmingham, A Rose'd Canterbury Size...Quality A', the underside with dealer's label 'Arthur Yeates, Antique Pictures, China, Mr. B.... 120 High Street, King's Heath, Birmingham'- 18in.(46cm.) high, 18in.(46cm.) wide, 14in.(36cm.) deep

Lot Essay

William Henry Bishop is listed at 16 Ann Street, Birmingham from 1828-1835. A table designed by A.W.N. Pugin and reputedly at Syon House bears this maker's label (G. Beard and C. Gilbert, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, p. 76).