A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LIBRARY CHAIRS, by Shoolbred & Company

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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LIBRARY CHAIRS, by Shoolbred & Company

Each with semi-elliptical padded back and seat covered in buttoned and close-nailed green leather, the back with turned baluster supports, on conforming legs with porcelain castors, both stamped 4652, 55835 and JAs Shoolbred & Co (2)

Lot Essay

Messrs James Shoolbred and Co. of Tottenham Court Road featured a related deep-buttoned desk-chair in their 1876 Catalogue (item 237). This chair, with its 'Elizabethan' balusters illustrates the influence of architects such as T.E. Colcutt on contemporary furniture manufacturers

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