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A glass and mahogany display case, single door to the reverse standing on short cabriole legs. English circa 1900.

Display Case

show details 		Aesthetic design hallstand for James Shoolbred, walnut with brass fittings and decoration. English circa 1880. James Shoolbred was a family firm in Tottenham Court Road making and supplying furniture and furnishings. It was one of the first there in that speciality, others of course being Maples and Heals.  They gained a Royal Warrant in 1880 for the supply of furniture to Queen Victoria.  This hall stand is closely related to one illustrated in the Trade Catalogue of Smee & Cobey and it is possible that this hall stand was manufactured by them for the London firm of James Shoolbred & Co. A very similar example attributed to Shoolbred was sold by Christie's, London at the end of 2007 for in excess of £10,000!

Hallstand No.1

show details 		A pair of Swiss carved walnut inalid and penwork chairs with scenes of chamoix. Late 19th century.

Swiss Chairs

show details 		Aesthetic design hallstand for James Shoolbred, walnut with brass fittings and decoration. English circa 1880. James Shoolbred was a family firm in Tottenham Court Road making and supplying furniture and furnishings. It was one of the first there in that speciality, others of course being Maples and Heals.  They gained a Royal Warrant in 1880 for the supply of furniture to Queen Victoria.  This hall stand is closely related to one illustrated in the Trade Catalogue of Smee & Cobey and it is possible that this hall stand was manufactured by them for the London firm of James Shoolbred & Co. A very similar example attributed to Shoolbred was sold by Christie's, London at the end of 2007 for in excess of £10,000!

Hallstand No.2

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A mid 19th century planked coffer with the original deep blue paint finish now turned close to black. Elm, English circa 1850.

A Planked Coffer.

show details 		A Victorian, bronze patinated, cast-iron stickstand by E & T SMITH OF SHEFFIELD depicting a greyhound with heraldic shield, a lift out tray beneath. Victorian circa 1870.

Greyhound Stickstand

show details 		A former silver chest, brass bound oak with iron drop-down carrying handles and standing on later turned oak feet. English circa 1880.

Silver Chest

show details 		A set of personal weighing scales by W & T Avery of Birmingham, brass on mahogany and with a full set of cup weights and an extending measure to record height. English, late Victorian.

Avery Scales

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A four tiered whatnot, the top tier with a shallow gallery, a frieze drawer beneath the lowest, raised on brass cup castors. Solid mahogany throughout, English circa 1850.

Four Tiered Whatnot

show details 		An oval 'Irish' mirror of typical form, circa 1850. Ebonized sight set with cabouchon mirrored studs, silvered hollow with bright crossed ribbon, the second ebonized band set with cut and mirrored studs, silvered scotia back edge. Good original panel to the reverse.

Irish Mirror

show details 		A mahogany framed, leather upholstered library chair with a slide-out footrest. The rake of the back can be adjusted by depressing a lever beneath the armrest and then leaning back to the desired angle. English circa 1850.

Gentleman's Library Chair

show details 		Rosewood framed, leather upholstered easy chair, English, circa 1830. Attributed to W. Smee Sons, after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), or John C. Loudon where it is published in his Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, 1833. Schinkel was a German born architect, painter and designer who settled in Berlin from 1805. His first recorded furniture was designed for Queen Louise in 1809 for the Charlottenburg Palace. In 1815 he was appointed Geheimes Oberbaurat in the Prussian Office of Public Works.

Easy Chair

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Exhibition quality cast iron table from the Coalbrookdale Company, the finely painted top after the work by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Prince George's Favorites here inscribed

Coalbrookdale Table

show details 		A mid 19th century stool of finely carved rosewood on a beech frame. English circa 1860.

Rosewood Stool

show details 		An early Victorian two drawer buffet in mahogany with a gilt brass gallery and castors. English circa 1860.

Galleried Buffet

show details 		An early 20th century sculptor's stand in oak with a rotating top that can be adjusted in height. Perhaps French circa 1870. The top 18 in x 18 in. The accompanying black and white photograph shows Sir Alfred Munnings with his finished sculpture of the horse Brown Jack, circa 1935.

Sculptor's Stand

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A set of floor-standing shelves formed from a souvenier propellor. Laminated woods with rivetted and soldered brass edges. Mid 20th century.

Propellor Shelves

show details 		Mid Victorian Satin-Birch easy chair, after an original design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. (1781-1841). English circa 1840. Recently re-upholstered in hand dyed black leather. K.F.Schinkel was a German born architect, painter and designer who settled in Berlin from 1805. His first recorded furniture was designed for Queen Louise in 1809 for the Charlottenburg Palace. In 1815 he was appointed Geheimes Oberbaurat in the Prussian Office of Public Works. The design of this chair is also given to John C. Loudon who published his Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture in 1833.

Satin Birch Easy Chair

show details 		A Regency mahogany X-frame stool in the manner of Gillows, the supports united by a baluster stretcher with beech and ash rails. Recently upholstered in a hand dyed traditional black leather. English circa 1820. The 'Grecian' stool form is derived from Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Design of 1807 and also corresponds to a pattern found in the Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows.

Regency Stool

show details 		A three tier buffet in well figured mahogany with elegantly carved detail. English, early Victorian circa 1850.

Mahogany Buffet

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A late Victorian paino stool in solid polished brass with a leather upholstered seat which rotates to adjust the height. English circa 1890.

Piano Stool

show details 		A mid 19th century folding coaching table in solid mahogany. English circa 1850.

Coaching Table

show details 		An early Victorian whatnot of four tiers united by spindle turned uprights and with a single drawer beneath the lowest shelf. Constructed from solid Goncalo Alves. English circa 1850.

Goncalo Alves Whatnot

show details 		A solid mahogany whatnot of three tiers united by turned wood uprights and with a shallow three quarter gallery to each. English circa 1850. Provenance: Sir William Russell. Stokesay Court, Shropshire, and with Sir William's calling card pinned to the underside of the lower shelf.

Three Tier Whatnot

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A solid mahogany three tier whatnot, the lowest above a single frieze drawer, with turned supports and legs with brass capped castors. English, second quarter of the 19th century.

William IV Whatnot

show details 		A late 19th century piano stool by C.H. Hare & Son, mainly in steel with some brass detailing, recently upholstered in a high finish leather. C. H. Hare and Son are listed from 1832 at Crown Works, Tyseley, Birmingham and were listed in Whitakers Red Book 1914 as manufacturers of loose leaf metals, automatic machines etc. Amongst their specialities are listed music stands and stools, pianoforte tools etc.

Piano Stool by C.H. Hare & Son.

show details 		A pair of late 19th century piano stools in steel and brass by C. H. Hare and son, recently upholstered in a high finish leather. C.H. Hare and Son are listed from 1832 at Crown Works, Tyseley, Birmingham and were listed in Whitakers Red Book 1914 as Manufacturers of Loose Leaf Metals, Automatic Machines etc. Amongst their specialities are listed music stands and stools, pianoforte tools etc.

A Pair of Piano Stools

show details 		A late 19th century piano stool in brass by C.H. Hare & Son, recently upholstered in a high finish leather. C. H. Hare and Son are listed from 1832 at Crown Works, Tyseley, Birmingham and were listed in Whitakers Red Book 1914 as Manufacturers of Loose Leaf Metals, Automatic Machines etc. Amongst their specialities are listed music stands and stools, pianoforte tools etc.

Brass Stool by C.H. Hare & Son.

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Cylindrical columnar bedside cupboard, flame mahogany veneers on pine. Probably Scottish, circa 1850.

Cylindrical Cupboard

show details 		The trunk taken by Pauline Spender Clay on her honeymoon following her marriage to one of England's richest commoners, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Spender Clay. Made by Louis Vuitton of brass studded leather. Hon. Pauline Astor was born in 1880. She was the daughter of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor and Mary Dahlgren Paul. She married Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Spender Clay, son of Joseph Spender Clay and Elizabeth Sydney Jane Garrett, on 29 October 1904. She died on 5 May 1972. Her married name became Spender Clay and she held the office of Justice of the Peace for Surrey in 1920. Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Spender Clay was the son of Joseph Spender Clay and Elizabeth Sydney Jane Garrett. He was decorated with the award of Military Cross, held the office of Member of Parliament and was invested as a Privy Counsellor, a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George. He lived at Ford Manor, Lingfield, Surrey, England. He died on 15 February 1937.

Pauline Spender Clay's Louis Vuitton

show details 		A carved, gilded and swept framed mirror. English circa 1850.

Swept Frame Mirror

show details 		A late Regency mahogany Pembroke table with rounded rectangular top and boxwood edged frieze drawer to one end, a matching dummy drawer to the other, on turned tapering reeded legs with brass capped castors.

Pembroke Table

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A mahogany gallery easel made in the Egyptian taste. English circa 1880.

Gallery Easel

show details 		A leatherbound painted rattan hat box by Madler Koffer. German late 19th century.

Madler Koffer Hat Box

show details 		A set of library index filing drawers made of honey coloured oak and finished all round; top, back and two sides, each fully finished section comprised of six drawers. English mid 20th century. £220.00 per section, eleven available, £1750.00 for the lot.

Library Drawers

show details 		An unusual mahogany high-backed armchair, the back with a vase-shaped splat and adjustable wrought-iron hook above a solid seat and square chamferred legs. Early 19th century, probably English, purpose unknown.

High-Backed Armchair

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A Venetian hall chair, the carved back influenced by Rennaisance design. Carved and ebonized walnut. Italy circa 1870.

Venetian Hall Chair

show details 		An English, Aesthetic movement hall bench with typical inscised decoration and a running inlay to the seat edge. solid mahogany throughout. Circa 1870.

Aesthetic Movement Bench

show details 		A full hallstand of Aesthetic design for or by James Shoolbred, walnut with a brass rail, gallery and hooks, a bevelled mirror above and lift out tin tray beneath. English circa 1880.

Shoolbred Hallstand

show details 		A fine leather hat box, made to accomodate up to three hats, hand stitched leather with brass fittings, the handle impressed with the initials J & B. The interior finely lined with red silk and a red morocco leather trim and with pressed gilt brass buckle fastenings. English circa 1870.

Hat Box

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A fine and rare suite of Howard chairs comprising a pair of arm chairs with matching stools and a button-backed armchair all with finely carved walnut show frames, castors stamped Howard & Sons/London, the beech frames similarly stamped and with a serial number all now upholstered in green glazed cotton. English late 19th century. The chairs w.29 in x d.33 in x h.34 in The stools w.22 in x d.22 in x h.16 in The buttoned chair w.31 in x d.22 in x h.31 in

A Suite of Howard Chairs

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