A fine Victorian burr walnut, tulipwood crossbanded and purplewood breakfront wardrobe attributed to Holland & Sons In the Louis XVI style and applied with gilt bronze mounts, the shaped moulded cornice with four turned finials and a riband tied swagged frieze; above a bevelled mirrored door enclosing three slides, three short and two long drawers; flanked by a pair of panelled cupboard doors each enclosing a rail and hooks, all flanked by reeded pilasters, on a moulded plinth base, with paper depository label to one side for 'R.B.Petre 8/8/29', 254cm wide, 61cm deep, 277cm high. The wardrobe offered here undoubtedly formed part of a significant commission of bedroom furniture of high quality for a client who currently remains untraced. The presence of a 1929 storage label which bears the inscribed name R.B Petre would seem likely to indicate that it was handled by R.B Petre in his capacity as a prominent liquidator in early 20th century London. Petre's name has been recorded in contemporary news paper advertising as instructing various sales of property by auction. The above lot is typical of the high quality work produced in the Louis XVI style that Holland and Sons produced in the 1860s and 1870s. The gilt metal mounts utilised on the above lot appear on documented pieces by the firm including the well known commission in the 1860s by Mr R N Thornton, illustrated in R.W Symonds, B.B Whineray Victorian Furniture, London 1962. Under William Holland the firm became cabinetmakers and upholsterers to the Queen, their first commission being for Osborne House in 1845, supplying furniture in the Queen's favoured Louis XVI style. Hollands participated in many of the important International Exhibitions including London in 1862, Vienna in 1873 and Paris in 1867 and 1872 again exhibiting pieces in the favoured Louis XVI style. The Holland's labelled day books are now housed in the National Archive of Art and Design in London and present a virtual 'who's who' of 19th century society.