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Lot Essay
The ormolu-enriched centre table of richly-figured walnut is conceived in the French 'antique' fashion associated with the court cabinet-makers Messrs Holland & Sons and can be related to the furniture supplied by them in 1868 for Knowle Cottage, Devon (R. Symonds and B. Whineray, Victorian Furniture, London, 1962, fig. 167).
Holland and Sons were among the most distinguished furniture makers of the Victorian period, starting as Taprell and Holland at the beginning of the 19th century, and becoming Holland and Sons in 1843. They supplied furniture for many of the London clubs including the Athenaeum, the Reform Club and the Oxford and Cambridge Club. They took over premises in Mount Street in 1851 and their archives dating to 1942, when the firm ceased trading, are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Holland and Sons were among the most distinguished furniture makers of the Victorian period, starting as Taprell and Holland at the beginning of the 19th century, and becoming Holland and Sons in 1843. They supplied furniture for many of the London clubs including the Athenaeum, the Reform Club and the Oxford and Cambridge Club. They took over premises in Mount Street in 1851 and their archives dating to 1942, when the firm ceased trading, are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.