ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO., LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN BRASS-MOUNTED OAK HALL STAND
Attributed to James Shoolbred & Co., late 19th century
The rectangular reeded tablet shelf with shaped galleried back, above a mahogany-lined drawer on shaped pierced supports, the sides with open back and curved brass rail above a pierced galleried shelf, the sides with segmental removable brass tray, on reeded and moulded plinth, with shaped brass feet, the reverse and drawer inscribed in ink '512', the drawer stamped three times with registration mark for 3 November 1883
39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

James Shoolbred & Co. are recorded at the Victoria and Albert Museum as furniture makers. They exhibited 'a very extensive selection of items' in the 1878 Paris Universal Exhibition. Much of the furniture they designed was influenced by the 'Aesthetic Taste', popularised by the architect E.W. Godwin. Shoolbred & Co. 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.
An almost identical hall stand by Shoolbred was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 14 September 2000, lot 7 (£4,112).

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