An antique library table by Holland & Sons

An exhbition quality library table by Holland & Sons
This splendid rectangular amboyne table is raised upon square-section tapering legs with stop-fluting above the feet and castors. It is decorated throughout with satinwood and ebony banding and borders, with purple-heart inlays. There are also carved giltwood terminals to the legs and ormolu mounts around the edge.

Literature: Holland and Sons of London were first recorded in 1815 as Taprell and Holland. Under the management of William Holland, a relative of the famous Regency architect Henry Holland, they became cabinetmakers and upholsterers to Queen Victoria; their first commission being Osborne House in 1845. Granted the Royal Warrant in 1846, the company went on to supply Windsor Castle, Balmoral and also the new Houses of Parliament. In 1851 they exhibited at the Great Exhibition and were represented at all the major exhibitions thereafter.