ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO.

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A NEAR PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED OAK HALL SEATS
Attributed to James Shoolbred & Co.
Each with a pierced baluster toprail above a solid rectangular seat, flanked on each side by a roundel issuing square tapering cabriole legs joined by stretchers, each with registration mark on the reverse for 13 December 1883
24¾ in. (63 cm.) high; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

James Shoolbred and Co. of Tottenham Court Road, became one of the first large department stores in London. They expanded from a small draper business and started to manufacture high quality furniture circa 1870, for which they were given a Royal warrant by the mid-1880s.
Another pair of Shoolbred stools, with maker's stamp and registration mark, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 April 1999, lot 43.

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