Live Auction 2380Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BUTTON-DOWN SOFA
Lot 365

A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BUTTON-DOWN SOFA

BY HOWARD & SONS, LTD., LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed27 September 2011

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GBP 5,000

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A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BUTTON-DOWN SOFA
BY HOWARD & SONS, LTD., LATE 19TH CENTURY
Stamped to the back leg '1505/4179/HOWARD & SONS LTD./BERNERS STREET' and to the turned front leg brass cap castors 'HOWARD & SONS LONDON', covered in blue and cream monogrammed Howard & Sons style printed cotton
27½ in. (70 cm.) high; 73 in. (185.5 cm.) wide; 30¼ in. (77 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Howard and Sons was one of the most successful and well-known Victorian cabinet-making firms which is now probably most famous for its comfortable and elegant easy armchairs. The firm was begun in 1820 and established in Berners Street by 1854, having already exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Amongst several notable commissions, the firm contributed to the furnishing of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire and Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire.