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A Victorian walnut and line-inlaid davenport, the domed superstructure enclosed by a pair of mirror panelled door, the inset panel sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior with four drawers to the side on shaped plinth base, stencilled twice G J R Rudd/Upholsterer/Cabinet & Venetian Blind Manufacturer/St. Catherines Plane/Norwich -- 23in. (53.5cm.) wide, 21½in. (51cm.) deep, 33½in. (93cm.) high.
Six cabinet maker's called rudd were recorded in norwich in the first half of the 19th century. G J R Rudd was almost certainly connected to one or more of these. (See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Eds The Dictionary of English Furniture Maker's, Leeds, 1986, page 770.
Six cabinet maker's called rudd were recorded in norwich in the first half of the 19th century. G J R Rudd was almost certainly connected to one or more of these. (See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Eds The Dictionary of English Furniture Maker's, Leeds, 1986, page 770.