Lot 467
A fine William IV rosewood folio cabinet, circa 1830 By John Kendell & Co, Leeds
Auction: 8 April 2009 at 11:30 BST
£5,000
Description
the gadrooned, inverted and hinged top above two dummy cupboard doors and one lateral door opening to a compartmented interior, on acanthus carved bracket feet united by a gadrooned apron, back bears paper label
Dimensions
136cm wide, 95cm high, 66cm deep
Footnote
This form of label is thought to have been adopted in the 1830s by the Leeds firm of John Kendell & Co., established in 1816. The firm was taken over by Marsh & Jones in 1863 (see The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p. 505 and C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, London, 1978, p. 322).