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James Shoolbred and Company was a draper and later a department store, located on Tottenham Court Road, London. James Shoolbred and Co. (aka 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 ceased trading in 1931.

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  • James Shoolbred and Company was a draper and later a department store, located on Tottenham Court Road, London. James Shoolbred and Co. (aka 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. (en)
  • James Shoolbred and Company was een stoffenwinkel en later een warenhuis, gelegen aan Tottenham Court Road, Londen. James Shoolbred and Co. (ook bekend als Jas Shoolbred) werd opgericht in de jaren 1820 op 155 Tottenham Court Road. Het was oorspronkelijk een stoffenhandelaar die de meubelhandel bevoorraadde. Aan het eind van de jaren 1860, begin 1870 begon het bedrijf met het ontwerpen, vervaardigen en verkopen van meubelen van hoge kwaliteit. De verfijnde ontwerpen verwezen naar de Regency-esthetiek, geïnspireerd op oude Griekse en Romeinse stijlen. De verkoopcatalogus van het bedrijf was 'een gids voor goede smaak' en bevatte handreikingen voor Victoriaanse huiseigenaren hoe ze hun interieur kunnen samenstellen om een gewenste esthetiek te bereiken. In de jaren 1880 had Shoolbred het eerste grote warenhuis van de stad geopend op Tottenham Court Road, Londen. Halverwege de jaren 1880 kreeg Schoolbred een Royal Warrant. Het bedrijf beëindigde zijn activiteiten in 1931. (nl)
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  • James Shoolbred and Company was a draper and later a department store, located on Tottenham Court Road, London. James Shoolbred and Co. (aka 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 ceased trading in 1931. (en)
  • James Shoolbred and Company was een stoffenwinkel en later een warenhuis, gelegen aan Tottenham Court Road, Londen. James Shoolbred and Co. (ook bekend als Jas Shoolbred) werd opgericht in de jaren 1820 op 155 Tottenham Court Road. Het was oorspronkelijk een stoffenhandelaar die de meubelhandel bevoorraadde. Aan het eind van de jaren 1860, begin 1870 begon het bedrijf met het ontwerpen, vervaardigen en verkopen van meubelen van hoge kwaliteit. De verfijnde ontwerpen verwezen naar de Regency-esthetiek, geïnspireerd op oude Griekse en Romeinse stijlen. (nl)
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  • James Shoolbred (nl)
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