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Lot Essay
IN 1887, THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, THE FUTURE KING EDWARD VII AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA, VISITED ONE OF GREAT BRITAIN'S PREMIER DEPARTMENT STORES, KENDAL, MILNE AND COMPANY ON DEANSGATE IN MANCHESTER. ELEVEN YEARS LATER, KENDAL, MILNE & CO. WERE APPOINTED BY THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS 'UPHOLSTERERS' TO THE ROYAL RESIDENCE, SANDRINGHAM. THE RELATIONSHIP APPARENTLY PROSPERED FOR IN 1901, AFTER THE PRINCE OF WALES HAD BECOME EDWARD VII, THE STORE WAS GIVEN A ROYAL WARRANT, NAMED 'UPHOLSTERERS TO THE ROYAL HOUSE-HOLD'. IT IS MOST LIKELY THE JENDAL, MILNE AND CO, SUPPLIED THE TABLE HERE ILLUSTRATED TO THE ROYAL COUPLE, POSSIBLY FOR LUNCHES ON HUNTING DAYS AT SANDRINGHAM OR FOR GARDEN PARTIES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW SIMPLY CALLED KENDALS, AND IS PART OF THE HOUSE OF FRASER GROUP. DURING ITS HEYDAY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, KENDAL, MILNE & CO. ENJOYED TREMENDOUS REPUTATION AS EMINENT HOUSE FURNISHERS AND HAD THEIR OWN FURNITURE WORKSHOP, A SEVEN STOREY BUILDING IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORE ITSELF. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE NOT ONLY RETAILED THE PRESENT TABLE, BUT ALSO MADE IT IN THEIR OWN WORKSHOP.
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW SIMPLY CALLED KENDALS, AND IS PART OF THE HOUSE OF FRASER GROUP. DURING ITS HEYDAY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, KENDAL, MILNE & CO. ENJOYED TREMENDOUS REPUTATION AS EMINENT HOUSE FURNISHERS AND HAD THEIR OWN FURNITURE WORKSHOP, A SEVEN STOREY BUILDING IN THE VICINITY OF THE STORE ITSELF. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE NOT ONLY RETAILED THE PRESENT TABLE, BUT ALSO MADE IT IN THEIR OWN WORKSHOP.