An early Victorian mahogany dwarf compactum, stamped James Winter, circa 1840, the central cupboard doors enclosing four linen slides, flanked by five short drawers to either side, one top drawer stamped JAMES WINTER & SONS, 101 WARDOUR STREET, LONDON, 126cm high, 201cm wide, 57cm deep James Winter was an important furniture dealer, broker and licensed appraiser based in Soho, London between 1823 and 1840. However the company that he founded is recorded as having traded in second hand furniture until its demise in 1870, probably long after Winter's death. In the course of its history, the business was renamed 'James Winter & Sons' and even re-located a couple of times, albeit always remaining on Wardour Street, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, ed. by G. Beard and C. Gilbert, pp 992-3. One of the only two documented stamps, which reads: 'James Winter & Sons, 101 Wardour St., Soho, London', features on a large proportion of pieces retailed by the Winter firm and also appears impressed upon the present lot. Several items sold in James Winter's name are illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840 , pl's 1016-1026, pp 494-8. Winter's company retailed both antique and contemporary pieces specifically selected to appeal to their Victorian clients' eclectic tastes, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture , p57.
An early Victorian mahogany dwarf compactum, stamped James Winter, circa 1840, the central cupboard doors enclosing four linen slides, flanked by five short drawers to either side, one top drawer stamped JAMES WINTER & SONS, 101 WARDOUR STREET, LONDON, 126cm high, 201cm wide, 57cm deep James Winter was an important furniture dealer, broker and licensed appraiser based in Soho, London between 1823 and 1840. However the company that he founded is recorded as having traded in second hand furniture until its demise in 1870, probably long after Winter's death. In the course of its history, the business was renamed 'James Winter & Sons' and even re-located a couple of times, albeit always remaining on Wardour Street, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, ed. by G. Beard and C. Gilbert, pp 992-3. One of the only two documented stamps, which reads: 'James Winter & Sons, 101 Wardour St., Soho, London', features on a large proportion of pieces retailed by the Winter firm and also appears impressed upon the present lot. Several items sold in James Winter's name are illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840 , pl's 1016-1026, pp 494-8. Winter's company retailed both antique and contemporary pieces specifically selected to appeal to their Victorian clients' eclectic tastes, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture , p57.
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