拍品專文
C.HINDLEY AND SONS WERE ORIGINALLY CARPET RUG AND FLOOR MANUFACTURERS BUT MOVED INTO THE FURNISHINGS FOR WHICH THEY ARE BETTER KNOWN AFTER THEIR ACQUISITION OF MILES AND EDWARDS IN 1844. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRM,WHO WERE ACTIVE FROM 1817-1892,ARE DISCUSSED IN L.MICROULIS,'CHARLES HINDLEY & SONS,LONDON HOUSE FURNISHERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY',THE BARD STUDIES IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS,VOL.5,NO.2,1998,PP.69-96.