A 19th century walnut gothic style umbrella or stick stand.
Attributed to E. W. Pugin and C & R Light.
With original metal drip tray.
Height : 75cm
Width : 74cm
Reference:Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th century FURNITURE DESIGN introduction by Edward Joy. Page 359
C & R Light. Shoreditch, London.
Makers and suppliers, timber merchants and exporters of furniture (1855-1925) In 1880 the firm produced a catalogue of 435 pages, 1908 pieces of furniture. This catalogue reached a world with market including Australia. The Sydney morning herald, 10 November 1880, announced the sale of art furniture to be sold on the instruction of C & R Light by Bradley, Newton & Lamb of O'Connell street, Sydney.
C & R Light also published registered design books of furniture in 1881 & 1882. they were among the makers of furniture designed by the architect Edward Welby Pugin (1834-1875) they made furniture for the Granville Hotel, Ramsgate. (designed and owned by Pugin)
After the death in 1852 of his father Augustus Welby Pugin, the esteemed Neo-Gothic architect and designer, E W Pugin took over the family business aged just eighteen. His styles were essentially a continuation of the assertive Gothic Revivalism that had made his father such a leading figure in Victorian decoration and ornament.