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English Aesthetic Movement Petite Oak Hall Bench or Window Seat, circa 1880
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Description
A circa 1880 English aesthetic movement solid oak hall bench or window seat of rare single seat form attributed to James Shoolbred & Co. of London, the rectangular molded-edge top with turned cylindrical bolsters each end above flat friezes joining tapering turned legs. Wonderful for use as originally intended otherwise chicly used as a side or occasional table beside a club or lounge chair.
A similar model of hall bench is illustrated in the “Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design”, page 337, with an illustration taken from a Shoolbred design dated 1876.
Literature:
Joy, Edward. 'Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design'. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1977, p. 337. - More Information
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Acroterion, the company, founded in late 2012, is by appointment in the historic Hudson Valley of upstate New York specializing in exceptional fine and decorative art from eastern to western, ancient to current; with a focus on the unique and timeless. The curated inventory is ever-changing and discriminately chosen by the founder and owner Randal Dawkins. Having a passion for fine objects and design from an early age, Mr. Dawkins graduated in 2004 from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.
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