J-Listing - Holytown Antiques Forum https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/ Holytown Antiques Discussion Board en-GB Wed, 13 May 2026 18:38:47 +0000 wpForo 60 Jos James https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/jos-james/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:22:30 +0000 Jos James – Penrith – Made high quality Victorian furniture like the Burr Walnut credenzas and glazed bookcases. These were mainly from the late Victoria era and were often of remarkable quality.

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/jos-james/ Johnson and Appleyards Sheffield https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/johnson-and-appleyards-sheffield/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:20:10 +0000 Johnson and Appleyards Sheffield – Based in Rotherham and Sheffield, Joseph Appleyard was a cabinetmaker, upholsterer, gilder and furnisher. He ran the firm with his three sons and in 1879, they took over the Sheffield furniture-making business, ‘William Johnson & Sons’ of Sheffield. They then began trading as ‘Johnson & Appleyards Ltd’. They specialised in bedroom furniture and especially large, impressive wardrobes.

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/johnson-and-appleyards-sheffield/ J Reilly https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/j-reilly/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:18:05 +0000 J Reilly – J Reilly made large sets of chairs and also large billiard tables in the late 19th century.

 

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/j-reilly/ James Shoolbred & Co https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-shoolbred-co-2/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:15:49 +0000 James Shoolbred & Co (Jas Shoolbred) was established in the 1820’s as a draper’s shop, at Tottenham Court Road, London. One of the first large department stores in London, who would supply quality antique furniture and accessories for the Victorian home.

 

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-shoolbred-co-2/ James Gardner https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-gardner/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:14:00 +0000 James Gardner – James Gardner by appointment to her Late Majesty the Queen, 52 High Holborn and 292 Oxford Street, corner of Davies Street, London. Animal, Bird & Fish Preserver and Hoof Mounter. The largest collection in the kingdom of bird, skins, eggs and insects. Manufacturer of entomological apparatus and cabinets. Artificial human eyes, also for birds and animals. They made interesting chests in an unusual design like small a wellington chest designs.

 

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-gardner/ Johnstone & Jeanes https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/johnstone-jeanes/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:53:20 +0000 Johnstone & Jeanes. John Johnstone oversaw the production of exceptional furniture from the Bond Street workshop for almost forty years, from 1842 to 1880.

 

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/johnstone-jeanes/ James Winter & Sons https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-winter-sons/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:52:09 +0000 James Winter & Sons. Trading between 1823 and 1870, James Winter produced some beautiful items at their Soho workshop. The founder was an appraiser, dealer, cabinet maker, and undertaker who also restored antique and second-hand furniture.

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-winter-sons/ J Kendall & Co https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/j-kendall-co/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:38:35 +0000 J Kendall & Co. Operating between 1783 and 1840, this Leeds based company produced furniture equal to that of Gillows. Although they mostly used mahogany and oak, some of their best pieces were made from solid rosewood.

 

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/j-kendall-co/ James Shoolbred & Co https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-shoolbred-co/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:37:18 +0000 James Shoolbred & Co. Originally set up as a draper’s shop in Tottenham Court Road in 1820, Shoolbred began producing its own range of quality furniture in 1860 and was awarded a Royal warrant in the 1880s.

 

]]> J-Listing admin https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/james-shoolbred-co/ Jean-Henri Riesner https://www.holytownantiques.com/community/j/jean-henri-riesner/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:32:44 +0000 Jean-Henri Riesner. Although an ébéniste working in Paris, Reisner (1704 – 1806) was German. He is considered the finest Parisian ébéniste of the Louis XVI era, supplying furniture to French royalty and aristocracy.

 

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