A Regency period mahogany bookcase
A Regency period mahogany bookcase
1481
A Regency period mahogany five tier bookcase.of graduated form, each tier supported by turned columns and with a panelled back, resting on turned bun feet with concealed castors. With a stencilled inscription, 'From FREEMANS/MANUFACTORY/St. ANDREWS NORWICH'.
William Freeman, cabinet-maker, was enrolled as a freeman of Norwich on 24 February 1811. He is recorded in the poll book of 1812 at St Andrew's and that of 1830 in the parish of St Simon and St Jude. Robson's Directory, 1839, lists him as a general furniture maker and broker at St Andrews. A plain mahogany two door cupboard of approximately this date has been noted with 'From Freemans/MANUFACTORY/St. ANDREWS NORWICH' stencilled on the back.
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840. Freeman, William, Norwich, cm (1811-39).
Dimensions:
circa 1820
England
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