CIRCA 1830

Details

A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD ADJUSTABLE FOLIO STAND
CIRCA 1830
The hinged rectangular side panels ratcheted and individually adjustable above turned stretchers on compressed bun-feet, minor veneer losses
27 ¼ in high (max.); 29 ¼ in. (74 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68 cm.) deep (at base)

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Lot Essay

The quality of this folio stand suggests its manufacture by a leading London cabinet maker. Closely related stamped examples survive from the renowned cabinet making firms, Holland and Son and Gillows (see Sotheby’s, London, 7 November 1997, lot 280 and 37 April 2001, lot 101 respectively) and a design a similar folio stand was subsequently published by William Smee and Son in their Designs for Furniture, 1850-55 (E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, London, 1977, p. 550).

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