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Jan 29, 2026
Property of a Private Eastside Collector
Last quarter, 18th century
The cross-banded and line-inlaid later gilt-tooled brown leather inset top above a central frieze drawer flanked by two banks of short drawers, the reverse with false drawers, on tapering legs and gilt-bronze caps.
Height 31 1/2 inches (80 cm), width 64 1/4 inches (163 cm), depth 33 1/2 inches (85 cm).
Provenance: bearing a paper label, J.E. Taylor Collection, London, 586.
John Edward Taylor, Esq.
20 Kensington Palace Gardens
Sold Christies, London July 1-11, 1912
John Edward Taylor, born outside of Manchester in 1830, was the younger son of John Edward Taylor Sr. (1791-1844), founder of the Manchester Guardian. He became joint owner of the Guardian with his older brother Russell Scott Taylor at the death of their father in 1844 and became sole owner of the paper at the untimely death of his brother in c.1849 after his year abroad in Germany and his tour through Europe.
With previous restorations, leather top later, gilding refreshed, old marks and scratches, rubbing to gilt mounts. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report
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