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A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN LARGE CHESTERFIELD SOFAS
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A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN LARGE CHESTERFIELD SOFAS

BY HOWARD & SONS

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A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN LARGE CHESTERFIELD SOFAS
By Howard & Sons
Each covered in crimson foliate silk-damask, with padded buttoned overstuffed back and padded seat, with outscrolled arms, on ring-turned bun feet and brass caps and castors, one bearer with fragmentary trade label for Holland & Sons, Berners St, the castors stamped 'HOWARD & SONS LTD. LONDON', one back leg of one stamped '18092 679 HOWARD & SONS LTD. BERNERS ST', one back leg of the other stamped '19131 445'
89 in. (226 cm.) wide (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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Howard and Sons are now most famous for the comfort and elegance of their easy armchairs and sofas but they were also one of the most successful and well known of the big Victorian cabinet-making firms. Begun by John Howard as early as 1820, by 1854 he had established himself in large premises in Berners Street in Soho. The huge success of his business was partly due to his exploitation of the worldwide fashion for commercial exhibitions. The firm exhibited at many of these, whether in France or America, and built up a formidable international business as a result. By the end of the century they were able to supply the full range of country house furniture, as demonstrated by the group at Stokesay Court, Shropshire, sold in Sotheby's house sale, 28 September - 1 October 1994.