Writing table
James Winter
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Mahogany, brass castors
Measurements
78 x 114 x 56 cm
Place of origin
London
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Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726366
Summary
A mahogany writing or side table, English, circa 1830. Retailed by James Winter, London. The moulded top with short three-quarter gallery above three frieze drawers flanked by rounded corners, standing on ring-turned and tapering ribbed legs with brass castors, stamped to the drawer JAMES WINTER 101 WARDOUR ST. SOHO LONDON.
Full description
James Winter was a retailer of quality furniture who founded his business at 101 Wardour Street in 1823. The business survived until about 1870, when it was operating from 151, 153, 155 Wardour Street. Earlier items reflected fashionable Regency taste and bear the stamp seen on this table. Later the firm (and the stamp) was styled James Winter & Sons. (see The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 992-3 and C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 57 and figs. 1016-1023).
Provenance
Bequest of Vivian Ellis in 1996.
Marks and inscriptions
On top edge of drawer: JAMES WINTER 101 WARDOUR ST. SOHO LONDON.
Makers and roles
James Winter , retailer
References
Gilbert (1996): Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 - 1840 (1996), p.57 Beard and Gilbert, 1986: Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert (ed), Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, p.992-3