BY SCHOOLBRED & CO., CIRCA 1870

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A MID-VICTORIAN THREE TIER WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT ETAGERE
BY SCHOOLBRED & CO., CIRCA 1870
The rounded rectangular top with a three-quarter pierced brass associated gallery, above a further two tiers supported by fluted columns, on tapering legs with brass caps and ceramic castors, the underside of the top tier with ivorine label stamped 'BOWMAN BROS., CAMDEN TOWN., LONDON N.W.', the reverse stamped '9072/J.A.S. Schoolbred & Co.'
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bowman Brothers, Camden Town, London.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

James Shoolbred and Company was located on Tottenham Court Road, a thriving centre for fashionable furniture shops from the 1860s. They operated one of the first great department stores in London, and while their trade was diverse, they began producing furniture in around 1870. Though this etagere is not a well known model by Schoolbred, it is typical of the elegant furniture they produced.
A calamander and parcel gilt three-tier etagere similar to this lot was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 1999, lot 219 for $21,850.

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