Live Auction 6415Christie's Interiors
A VICTORIAN FIGURED OAK PEDESTAL DESK
Lot 426

A VICTORIAN FIGURED OAK PEDESTAL DESK

BY HOLLAND & SONS, CIRCA 1850

Closed17 July 2012

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GBP 7,500

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A VICTORIAN FIGURED OAK PEDESTAL DESK
BY HOLLAND & SONS, CIRCA 1850
With a green gilt-tooled leather inset top above nine drawers to the front and two cupboards to the reverse, the locks stamped: J. T. NEEDS 188 PICCADILLY LATE J. BRAMAH 134 PICCADILLY, the drawer stamped HOLLAND & SONS
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 63½ in. (161.5 cm.) wide; 39½ in. (100 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Holland and Sons were among the most distinguished furniture producers of the Victorian period. Founded in 1803 by William Holland, they became Holland and Sons in 1843 and were granted the Royal Warrant early in Victoria's reign.By 1851, the firm employed 351 men, working on commissions for Osborne House, Balmoral, Sandringham and Windsor as well as for London clubs and the British Museum. The firm remained under family control until 1942 when it ceased trading; their archives are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.