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James Shoolbred and Company was a draper and later a department store, located on Tottenham Court Road, London.[1]
James Shoolbred and Co. (a.k.a. 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'.
In the 1880s, Shoolbred had opened the city's first large department store on Tottenham Court Road, London. In the mid-1880s Schoolbred was granted a Royal Warrant, testament to the quality of their furniture.
The company ceased trading in 1931.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "James Shoolbred Picture - UCL". Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ [permanent dead link] Brighton And Hove Museums
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