Lot 256Y
A nest of William IV rosewood quartetto tables by Blain of Liverpool
4 November 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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A nest of William IV rosewood quartetto tables by Blain of Liverpool
The graduated tables with rectangular tops with low moulded borders, on pierced scrolling and moulded end supports and short scroll feet joined by floor level flattened undulating shaped stretchers, the largest table stamped to the underside of one end support A.BLAIN LIVERPOOL, The largest table, 61cm wide, 36cm deep, 78cm high (24in wide, 14in deep, 30 1/2in high).
Footnotes
This stamp of 'A Blain Liverpool' is commonly seen on pieces from the William IV and early Victorian periods, pieces from the later 19th century seem to carry the A Blain & Sons stamp.
Arthur (or Arbuthnot) Blain is recorded active in Liverpool c. 1835, see C.Gilbert and G.Beard, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986. Arthur was established at 35 Paradise Street, Liverpool and died in 1868. Born in Donegal, Ireland around 1796 his firm worked for the shipbuilders Cammell Laird and furnished the cabins for the Alabama, the fittings and furniture being selected by James Dunwoody Bulloch. The firm had been established in 1796 by his father and the business was continued by his son William Hughes Blain who died in 1909.