A VICTORIAN WALNUT AND BURR-WALNUT CIRCULAR BREAKFAST TABLE

The celebrated Bond Street firm of Messrs. Johnstone and Jeanes were noted in the Art Journal's illustrated catalogue of the London 1862 Exhibition as having been established for upwards of a century: 'its renown has been obtained not only by a good and substantial manufacture, but by continual study to introduce Art into all their works'. They are known to have supplied furniture to the Royal family - including George VI's dressing mirror, sold from the collection of HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon,Christie's, London 14 June 2006, lot 853.