Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
A VICTORIAN BURR-OAK OVAL WRITING-TABLE
Lot 210

A VICTORIAN BURR-OAK OVAL WRITING-TABLE

BY HOWARD & SONS, CIRCA 1860

Closed23 May 2014

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GBP 5,250

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A VICTORIAN BURR-OAK OVAL WRITING-TABLE
BY HOWARD & SONS, CIRCA 1860
The moulded top inset with tooled green leather and surmounted by a tier with pierced half-gallery raised on turned baluster spindles, the panelled frieze with one drawer, on turned fluted tapering legs and castors, stamped HOWARD & SONS BERNERS ST
36 in. (91 cm.) high; 42½ in. (108 cm.) wide; 30¼ in. (77 cm.) deep

Specialist note

One of the most successful and well-known Victorian cabinet-making firms, Howard & Sons was formed by John Howard in 1820 and established in Berners Street by 1854. Messrs. Howard & Sons exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition.