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London furniture 1966 - 1714.
Earlier this year a rather tired English walnut writing cabinet of about 1700 was sold for thirty thousand pounds at a provincial auction (Pls. II and IV). (1) This was not a huge price, but most writing cabinets of this type fetch half that sum, and in this case the high price had nothing to do with the usual mantra of the collectors of walnut furniture -- color, patina, and condition. Rather, it was the maker's label pasted inside a drawer that made this piece exceptional (P1. IVa). It revealed that the cabinet was the work of John Guilbaud, a cabinetmaker living and working in Long Acre, London, between 1693 and 1712. Maker's labels of any date are rare on English ...
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...allowed him to launch himself on the London scene. Thanks to her great-grandfather Sir John Maple, whose London furniture emporium was a favorite with Europe...good living was in '50s and '60s London: Tommy was able to buy his first...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) May 19, 2009 700+ words
...meant to claim only for a second home in London. She said she did not know any good London furniture stores and said: "Knowing where Ikea...claimed pounds 10,000 for a second home in London, 11 miles from his main one. He sold the...
Source: HighBeam Research, London furniture 1966 - 1714.