Live Auction 5347Christie's Interiors- Style & Spirit
A MID-VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT AND EBONISED BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
Lot 174

A MID-VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT AND EBONISED BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE

BY HEWETSON & MILNER, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed26 February 2008

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GBP 11,250

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A MID-VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT AND EBONISED BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
BY HEWETSON & MILNER, MID-19TH CENTURY
With a moulded cornice and four glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the base with panelled doors, enclosing further shelves, bearing a metal label 'HEWETSON & MILNER MANUFACTURERS THE EXCHANGE LONDON 211. 212 & 213. TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD'
95½in. (243cm.) high; 94½in. (240cm.) wide; 17in. (43cm.) deep

Specialist note

W.J and T. Hewetson are recorded trading at 185 Oxford Street and 204 Tottenham Court Road in 1855. The later partnership of Hewetson and Milner appear to have been responsible for executing certain designs attributed to Christopher Dresser, and ultimately became Hewetson, Milner & Thexton Ltd, House Furnishers.