Howards and Sons. A Queen Anne revival oak breakfront library bookcase

Howard and Sons. A Queen Anne revival oak breakfront library bookcase, with Queen Anne revivalist dentil cornice above four astragal glazed doors, four panel doors and a shaped skirt base, stamped 'Howard and Sons Ltd, Bernier St. No. 3469 2128', 216cm high, 136cm wide, 42cm deep Howard and Sons exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and in exhibitions in America and at the Paris Exhibition in 1900 they won two gold medals and a silver. They had the royal warrant and were commissioned to produce twenty four pieces for the Royal Collection and supplied a number of royal residences with pieces for their private collections.