Book table
Ref: 2184
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Retailer
Retailed by Heal & Son (1810-present)
Manufacturer/cabinetmaker, perhaps K. Herman
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Detail
Limed ‘Russet’ oak
60 x 60 x 60 cm
English, 1930s
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Marked
‘240 / K. Herman’ [stamped], depository label for G. B. Havant, Strand, and ivorine label for Heal’s (all under base, see right)
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Notes
See Susanna Gooden, At the Sign of the Fourposter: a History of Heal’s (1984), p. 83), for a page from a 1936 Heal’s catalogue. ‘No. D526 RUSSET OAK BOOK TABLE; octagonal; 20 ins. by 20 ins. on top by 20 ins high .. £2.12.6 (Dark Oak £2.12.6′; Weathered Oak £3.3.0; Painted any colour £3.10.0 …’