Holland & Sons

Holland & Sons was an English furniture manufacturer based in London .

history

Mantelpiece and bookcase made of carved walnut with colored marble inlays and doors made of perforated brass. Designed by architect TR Macquoid, manufactured by Holland & Sons. (World Exhibition 1851)

Cabinet designed by Bruce Talbert and manufactured by Holland & Sons. (World Exhibition 1867)

The company was founded in 1803 by William Holland (1803–1843). From 1803 to 1843 the carpenter and upholsterer William Holland and Stephen Taprell († 1847) were business partners. The company was called "Taprell & Holland" until 1835, "Taprell, Holland & Son" until 1843 and "Holland & Sons" from 1843. In 1851 the company had more than 350 employees. In 1852 the renowned workshop was taken over by Thomas Dowbiggin (1788-1854) on Mount Street in London .

Holland & Sons received several commissions to furnish many government buildings and clubs in London in the 19th century, including the Athenaeum Club , the Reform Club , and the British Museum . The company received many royal orders, including the manufacture of furniture for Buckingham Palace , Windsor Castle , Osborne House and Balmoral Castle . At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Holland & Sons unveiled an award-winning bookcase , and they participated in many other major exhibitions of the century. They were appointed purveyors to the royal court. In 1877 they supplied furniture for a steam yacht of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

They became known for their Gothic Revival furniture, but they also made furniture from other styles, such as Louis-quinze and Louis-seize , the Renaissance and the Elizabethan age . Holland & Sons were technical innovators who used the most modern machines of the time in their workshops from the start.

Holland and Sons commissioned some of the most sought-after designers of the period, including Gottfried Semper , Alfred Lormier , Henry Whitaker , TR Macquoid , JR Collings , GE Street and Bruce Talbert , whose designs made Holland & Sons very popular.

The company existed until 1942, according to other sources until 1968. Almost all of the archive material is in the Archive of Art and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holland & Sons . In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002 (English, answers.com [accessed September 9, 2011]).
^ Ernle Bradford: Antique Collecting . In: Teach Yourself Books . The English Universities Press, London 1963, ISBN 978-0-340-05506-9 , Furniture, pp. 26 (English, "In a report on the furniture and woodwork trade in England (published in 1877), JH Pollen gives the following account of the large manufactories: [...] Chairs, tables, sideboards, etc., were lately made at Messrs. Holland's for a steam yacht of the Emperor of Austria; while Messrs. Jackson and Graham have been furnishing the palace of the Khedive at Grand Cairo. ").
^ ^A ^b ^c Mark Golding, Paul Shutler: A directory of 19th & 20th century British furniture makers and retailers. A history of Holland and Sons. In: The Arts & Crafts Home. 2011, accessed September 9, 2011 .

literature

Edward Joy. Royal Victorian Furniture Maker , in Burlington Magazine. November 1969. pp. 677-687

Web links

Commons : Holland & Sons - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[Grove-1] Holland & Sons . In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002 (English, answers.com [accessed September 9, 2011]).

[2] Ernle Bradford: Antique Collecting . In: Teach Yourself Books . The English Universities Press, London 1963, ISBN 978-0-340-05506-9 , Furniture, pp. 26 (English, "In a report on the furniture and woodwork trade in England (published in 1877), JH Pollen gives the following account of the large manufactories: [...] Chairs, tables, sideboards, etc., were lately made at Messrs. Holland's for a steam yacht of the Emperor of Austria; while Messrs. Jackson and Graham have been furnishing the palace of the Khedive at Grand Cairo. ").

[achome-3] A ^b ^c Mark Golding, Paul Shutler: A directory of 19th & 20th century British furniture makers and retailers. A history of Holland and Sons. In: The Arts & Crafts Home. 2011, accessed September 9, 2011 .