The John Hobbs Collection Part I

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John Hobbs was born in 1946. His father Sid was the proprietor of Odds and Hobbs, a King’s Road junk shop, where being something
of a philosopher, he held court to a circle of local admirers. John left school at fourteen and I met him not long after, staying on the Welsh borders
in the house of Lord Harlech, then away in Washington as our ambassador to the United States. He was then a youth of striking beauty, who looked as if he’d strayed from a band of angels in a quatrocento painting. A few years later he was apprenticed to a tallyman (a travelling salesman for
a firm specializing in hire purchase) and learned to knock on doors and, as a sideline, to charm goods out of hungry owners. In 1974 he set up business in the newly-established Furniture Cave, supplying, at a modest mark up, dutch marquetry to the Belgians and italian furniture and painted Edwardian satinwood to the Italians. Here he was joined by his younger brother Carlton, or Carly. It was the moment when Biedermeier, with its light colouring and simply elegant lines was beginning to be appreciated, and they bought boldly and well, made big profits, and met new clients. They moved to the Pimlico Road in 1987, travelling much in Sweden, Denmark and Finland, countries then awash with Russian furniture, which they brought to London and sold to Mallets at Bourdon House, to their neighbours in Pimlico, and to America.
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A REGENCY GILT AND LACQUERED BRASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER Attributed to William Collins, Circa 18...89 - A REGENCY GILT AND LACQUERED BRASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER Attributed to William Collins, Circa 18...
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A REGENCY GILT AND LACQUERED BRASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER Attributed to William Collins, Circa 1825 en suite with the preceding lot 65 X 49 in. 165 X
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A REGENCY GILT AND LACQUERED BRASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER Attributed to William Collins, Circa 18...90 - A REGENCY GILT AND LACQUERED BRASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER Attributed to William Collins, Circa 18...
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A REGENCY GILT AND LACQUERED BRASS EIGHT LIGHT CHANDELIER Attributed to William Collins, Circa 1825 en suite with the preceding lot 65 X 49 in. 165 X
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE designed by Ralph Willett for The Great Library, Merly...91 - A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE designed by Ralph Willett for The Great Library, Merly...
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE designed by Ralph Willett for The Great Library, Merly House, Dorset, Circa 1772, The molded and dentiled co
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A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY PARTNER'S PEDESTAL DESK Circa 1815 The gilt-tooled black leather-...92 - A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY PARTNER'S PEDESTAL DESK Circa 1815 The gilt-tooled black leather-...
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A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY PARTNER'S PEDESTAL DESK Circa 1815 The gilt-tooled black leather-inset rectangular top crossbanded with ebony an...
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE GILT BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE Late 19TH century The rectan...93 - AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE GILT BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE Late 19TH century The rectan...
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE GILT BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE Late 19TH century The rectangular top overhanging a blank frieze centered to each
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A WILLIAM IV BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID ROSEWOOD HUMIDOR Circa 1830 The rectangular top with centra...94 - A WILLIAM IV BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID ROSEWOOD HUMIDOR Circa 1830 The rectangular top with centra...
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A WILLIAM IV BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID ROSEWOOD HUMIDOR Circa 1830 The rectangular top with central inlaid paterae, the borders inlaid with a fretwork,
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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLES by Goodall, Lamb & Heighway, Manchester and bearing thei...95 - A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLES by Goodall, Lamb & Heighway, Manchester and bearing thei...
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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLES by Goodall, Lamb & Heighway, Manchester and bearing their trade label Late 19th century Each rectangula...
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A WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK THREE-PEDESTAL DINING TABLE Circa 1835 The quarter sawn oak venee...96 - A WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK THREE-PEDESTAL DINING TABLE Circa 1835 The quarter sawn oak venee...
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A WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK THREE-PEDESTAL DINING TABLE Circa 1835 The quarter sawn oak veneered and molded top with rounded corners, crossbanded
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A SET OF FOURTEEN WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK DINING CHAIRS Circa 1835 Each chair back with pie...97 - A SET OF FOURTEEN WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK DINING CHAIRS Circa 1835 Each chair back with pie...
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A SET OF FOURTEEN WILLIAM IV GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK DINING CHAIRS Circa 1835 Each chair back with pierced tracery headed by acorns and with cluster column
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A MID-VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL YEW WOOD ARMCHAIR in the manner of Charles Bevan, Circa 1860 The p...98 - A MID-VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL YEW WOOD ARMCHAIR in the manner of Charles Bevan, Circa 1860 The p...
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A MID-VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL YEW WOOD ARMCHAIR in the manner of Charles Bevan, Circa 1860 The pedimental dentil-molded crestrail surmounted by a cro
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