Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2019
Lot 700
A late Victorian walnut octagonal centre table by James Shoolbred & Co.
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A late Victorian walnut octagonal centre table by James Shoolbred & Co., in Gothic style, the parquetry top crossbanded and with a moulded edge, supported by four turned columns and a cruciform chamfered base, on sunken ceramic castors, stamped 'JAS SHOOLBRED & CO' and numbered '0554', 71cm high, 105cm wide.
Provenance: The estate of the late Professor Rodney Fitch CBE. Items removed from Court House, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, the interior designed by Robert Kime.
For an identical example see Sotheby's Fine Art Society, 142 years on New Bond Street, lot 72.