BY HOWARD AND SONS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY READING-BERGERE
BY HOWARD AND SONS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Covered overall with close-nailed caramel leather, the eared slightly outscrolled rectangular back, above downswept arms with scroll terminals, with a removable swivel adjustable ratcheted hinged reading slope with book rest stamped '19949 4527 HOWARD & SONS, LTD BERNERS ST', above a buttoned squab seat cushion, the reeded seatrail with rosette paterae to the corners, on ring-turned tapering legs, with brass caps and castors, the castors stamped 'J.L.LEWTY'S PATENT' below a crown
43½ in. (110.5 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

One of the most successful and well-known Victorian cabinet-making firms, Howard and Sons was formed by John Howard in 1820 and established in Berners Street by 1854. Messrs. Howard and Sons exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition, and amongst several notable commissions contributed to the furnishing of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire and Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire.

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