James Shoolbred, London, Anglo Japanese Occasional Table, Circa 1880
London , United Kingdom
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Wear Condition
Good
Material
Walnut
Style
Antique, Oriental, Upcycled
Product Details
Description
In General
An Arts and Crafts, Anglo Japanese, Walnut long octagonal 'Pagoda' table by renowned James Shoolbred & Co circa 1880. Attributed to H W Batley who was a designer at James Shoolbred and who specialised in Japanese furniture styles. Comprising square tapering splay legs with rod galleries and an under tier - with the original London label, stamp and serial number.
Please see the James Shoolbred catalogue for their large London department store, known as Tottenham House on Tottenham Court Road in the 1880s:
James Shoolbred & Co.'s illustrated catalogue of furniture and interior decorations : James Shoolbred & Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Anglo Japanese - style was developed in the UK from circa 1851 to the 1910s when a new appreciation for Japanese design and culture influenced how Arts and Crafts designers and crafts people made "British Art" and especially decorative arts including furniture and English architecture. Important centres specifically included London and Glasgow.
The table is attributed to H W Batley. Henry William Batley (1842-1932) was a British Aesthetic Movement, Arts and Crafts Artist and Designer who worked actively in London from 1870s to the first decade of the twentieth century and was highly acclaimed as an artistic etcher and designer of furniture, textiles, carpets, wallpapers and total schemes of decoration for many of England's leading manufacturers such as James Shoolbred & Co.
His furnishings were exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1878 and the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
James Shoolbred & Co (aka Jas Shoolbred) was established in the 1820s at 155 Tottenham Court Road, London W1 and became famous for designing, manufacturing and selling high quality furniture. In the 1880s Shoolbred had opened London's first large department store at Tottenham House on Tottenham Court Road.
In the mid 1880s, Shoolbred was granted a Royal Warrant, testament to the excellent design aesthetic and high quality of their furniture.
Maker
Attributed to H W Batley and made by James "Jas" Shoolbred, London, W1
Mark
Label on the underside "James Shoolbred & Co Tottenham House Tottenham Court Road London". Also stamped "Jas Shoolbred" & Co" and serial number "6711"
Year
Circa 1880
Material
Walnut
Condition
In excellent antique condition with no chips or cracks. One of the lower rear stretchers is missing although it is not noticeable. The table top has been refinished to a high standard by an expert in James Shoolbred furniture restoration. Please see photographs.
Dimensions ( L x W x H )
Table Top Length - 61 cm or 2 feet 0.01 inches
Table Top Width - 44cm or 1 foot 5.32 inches
Overall Height - 65 cm or 2 feet 1.59 inches
Height to Underside of Table Top - 64 cm or 2 feet 1.19 inches
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Condition report:
Condition
In very good condition with no chips or cracks. One of the lower rear stretchers is missing although it is not noticeable. The table top has been refinished to a high standard by an expert in James Shoolbred furniture restoration. Please see photographs.
Additional dimensions information:
Height to underside of table top - 64 cm
Wear Condition
Good
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Excellent
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