Lot 190
SET OF EIGHT REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS INLAID DINING CHAIRS BY WILKINSON OF LUDGATE HILL Y
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 July 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
the scroll backs with curved top rails and pierced splats inlaid with brass, over drop in cushion seats in modern yellow upholstery, raised on plain sabre legs, the frames stamped WILKINSON LUDGATE HILL, maker's initials JM and model 2801 (8)
Dimensions
45cm wide, 84cm high, 40cm deep
Footnote
Note: Joshua Wilkinson established a cabinet, upholstery, carpet and looking-glass warehouse in 1766 in Moorfields. By 1790 the firm was being run by his second son, William, in partnership with his cousin Thomas Wilkinson. Their partnership ended in 1808 when William left to take over the old established firm of Quentin Kaye at 14 Ludgate Hill. The company produced well-made pieces conforming to fashionable Regency design types and marked their furniture, usually with the impressed stamp `WILKINSON LUDGATE HILL'. From 1825 William was joined by his two sons, Williams Ascough and Charles, changing the name, and stamp, to Wilkinson & Sons, 14 Ludgate Hill. The firm continued to trade, under different names into the 20th century.
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