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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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC ORMOLU OIL LAMP Circa 1820 The acanthus-sheathed eagle head handle above th...51 - AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC ORMOLU OIL LAMP Circa 1820 The acanthus-sheathed eagle head handle above th...
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC ORMOLU OIL LAMP Circa 1820 The acanthus-sheathed eagle head handle above the palmette-cast, ovoid oil vessel with gadrooned base
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC LACQUERED-GILT-BRONZE MIRROR rome, 19th century The rectangular plate withi...52 - AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC LACQUERED-GILT-BRONZE MIRROR rome, 19th century The rectangular plate withi...
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC LACQUERED-GILT-BRONZE MIRROR rome, 19th century The rectangular plate within a gadrooned frame with a narrow spiral inner moldin
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE GILT-TOLE AND Black painted WOOD EAGLE WALL ORNAMENT Mid-19th century...53 - AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE GILT-TOLE AND Black painted WOOD EAGLE WALL ORNAMENT Mid-19th century...
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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE GILT-TOLE AND Black painted WOOD EAGLE WALL ORNAMENT Mid-19th century Seated with outstretched wings on a gilt ball above
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A north italian NEOCLASSIC style PARCEL-GILT FRUITWOOD DOUBLE CHAIRBACK SETTEE 20th century circa...54 - A north italian NEOCLASSIC style PARCEL-GILT FRUITWOOD DOUBLE CHAIRBACK SETTEE 20th century circa...
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A north italian NEOCLASSIC style PARCEL-GILT FRUITWOOD DOUBLE CHAIRBACK SETTEE 20th century circa 1825 The incurved back with two gadrooned tapering b
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AN AUSTRIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT PATINATED AND ASH CENTER TABLE Vienna, circa 1820 The circular...55 - AN AUSTRIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT PATINATED AND ASH CENTER TABLE Vienna, circa 1820 The circular...
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AN AUSTRIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT PATINATED AND ASH CENTER TABLE Vienna, circa 1820 The circular top with pie-form veneer panels above a gadrooned in
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Circa 1820 Each rectangular crestrail with acanth...56 - A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Circa 1820 Each rectangular crestrail with acanth...
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Circa 1820 Each rectangular crestrail with acanthus decoration above a padded back flanked by flaring
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Circa 1820 en suite with previous lot 391/2 X 26...57 - A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Circa 1820 en suite with previous lot 391/2 X 26...
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Circa 1820 en suite with previous lot 391/2 X 26 X 25 in. 100.5 X 67 X 63.5 cm - $18,000-22,000
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A PAIR OF north ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC FIFTY-FOUR LIGHT GILTWOOD CHANDELIERS Circa 1825 Each of the f...58 - A PAIR OF north ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC FIFTY-FOUR LIGHT GILTWOOD CHANDELIERS Circa 1825 Each of the f...
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A PAIR OF north ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC FIFTY-FOUR LIGHT GILTWOOD CHANDELIERS Circa 1825 Each of the four tiers of lights with scrolling leaf carved pricke
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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX MIRROR by Thomas Fentham and bearing his trade label, Circ...59 - A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX MIRROR by Thomas Fentham and bearing his trade label, Circ...
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A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX MIRROR by Thomas Fentham and bearing his trade label, Circa 1815 The circular convex mirror within reeded slip
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59A. A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX MIRROR by Thomas Fentham and bearing his trade label,...59A - 59A. A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX MIRROR by Thomas Fentham and bearing his trade label,...
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59A. A REGENCY GILTWOOD AND EBONIZED CONVEX MIRROR by Thomas Fentham and bearing his trade label, Circa 1815 The circular convex mirror within reeded
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