Excellent Mahogany Jas Shoolbred Bench

An Excellent Mahogany Jas Shoolbred Bench. In very good and original condition. 620mm high, 560mm wide, 310mm deep and 430mm seat height. English. Circa 1880. Shoolbred also produced these iconic aesthetic movement benches in oak and walnut but mahogany is the most desirable and sort after. James Shoolbred and Co. (aka Jas Shoolbred) were established in the 1820s at 155 Tottenham Court Road. It was originally a drapers supplying the furniture trade. In the late 1860s/early 1870s the company began designing, manufacturing and selling high quality furniture, of their own design. Their sophisticated designs referenced Regency aesthetics which were informed by antiquity (Greek/Roman styles). The company's sales catalogue features guides to Victorian home owners about how to put room sets together to achieve a desirable aesthetic, 'a guide to good taste'.