BY C. HINDLEY & SONS, LONDON, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A MID-VICTORIAN GRAINED EASY ARMCHAIR
BY C. HINDLEY & SONS, LONDON, MID 19TH CENTURY
Upholstered in buttoned floral blue silk damask, back leg stamped 'Hindley & Sons, 134 Oxford St., London, 40055' and also stamped with the three Murray stars (mullets)

Provenance

Possibly Kenwood House, London.
Removed to Scone Palace prior to the auction at Kenwood in 1922.

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Lot Essay

Prior to their acquisition of the cabinet-makers Miles & Edwards of 134 Oxford Street in 1844, C. Hindley & Sons were carpet, rug and floor manufacturers. Items stamped 'C. Hindley & Sons 134 Oxford Street' can be dated to after 1844.

The underside is branded with the three Murray mullets which may have been used as an indentifying device for items at Kenwood House, London.

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