A Victorian mahogany caned parlor chair, second quarter 19th century, a silver plaque affixed to the top rail reading: "This chair formerly belonged to Charles Dickens and was used by him for many years in his private appartments [sic] at the office of 'All the Year Round' 26 Wellington Street. Strand," 930 x 400 x 450 mm (36 x 15.5 x 17.5 inches). Provenance: sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, December 4, 1902, lot 719 to Denham; offered by James Trevaskis, fall 1908, via advertisement in Catalogue of the Exhibits, for the Second Dickens Exhibition, Held Under the Auspices of the Dickens Fellowship at the New Dudley Gallery, 169 Piccadilly, London, W.C., July 29th to September 19th, 1908. A CHAIR FROM DICKENS'S PRIVATE OFFICE. Dickens bequeathed All the Year Round to his eldest son Charles Jr. one week before he died. According to the 1902 Sotheby's catalogue description of this chair (and its companion items), Charles Jr. then gave the contents of his father's office to the longtime office housekeeper of All the Year Round, Mrs. Ellen Hedderly, who sold to a collector in 1874, whose family later sold the grouping at auction. The 1903 edition of Book Prices Current lists the buyer of the lot as Denham and the price as £55. Just a few years later, London bookseller James Trevaskis offered the group via advertisement in 1908. The Tregaskis advertisement reads: "DICKENS RELICS / THE MAHOGANY OFFICE TABLE, THE OFFICE CHAIR, THE HIGH BACK CANE CHAIR, and the LOOKING GLASS which for many years were in daily use by Dickens in his Private Office at 26, Wellington Street, where he edited 'All the Year Round.'" The advertisement lists the provenance, copied from the Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge catalog of December 1902: "These most interesting relics of the famous Novelist were given by Charles Dickens' son to the housekeeper, Mrs. Hedderly, from whom they were bought by the late Henry Walker, and removed to the residence of his step-son James Hooper of Bromley, Kent, who alone, from that time, has had the custody of them." The price listed by Tregaskis is 75 guineas, up from the 55 listed by Sotheby's. At this point, the relic grouping may have been broken up and sold individually. Dickens founded All the Year Round in 1859 as the direct successor to Household Words. The debut issue featured the first installment of A Tale of Two Cities. Other important Victorian novels first published in its pages include Great Expectations, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White and Anthony Trollope's The Duke's Children.
A Victorian mahogany caned parlor chair, second quarter 19th century, a silver plaque affixed to the top rail reading: "This chair formerly belonged to Charles Dickens and was used by him for many years in his private appartments [sic] at the office of 'All the Year Round' 26 Wellington Street. Strand," 930 x 400 x 450 mm (36 x 15.5 x 17.5 inches). Provenance: sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, December 4, 1902, lot 719 to Denham; offered by James Trevaskis, fall 1908, via advertisement in Catalogue of the Exhibits, for the Second Dickens Exhibition, Held Under the Auspices of the Dickens Fellowship at the New Dudley Gallery, 169 Piccadilly, London, W.C., July 29th to September 19th, 1908. A CHAIR FROM DICKENS'S PRIVATE OFFICE. Dickens bequeathed All the Year Round to his eldest son Charles Jr. one week before he died. According to the 1902 Sotheby's catalogue description of this chair (and its companion items), Charles Jr. then gave the contents of his father's office to the longtime office housekeeper of All the Year Round, Mrs. Ellen Hedderly, who sold to a collector in 1874, whose family later sold the grouping at auction. The 1903 edition of Book Prices Current lists the buyer of the lot as Denham and the price as £55. Just a few years later, London bookseller James Trevaskis offered the group via advertisement in 1908. The Tregaskis advertisement reads: "DICKENS RELICS / THE MAHOGANY OFFICE TABLE, THE OFFICE CHAIR, THE HIGH BACK CANE CHAIR, and the LOOKING GLASS which for many years were in daily use by Dickens in his Private Office at 26, Wellington Street, where he edited 'All the Year Round.'" The advertisement lists the provenance, copied from the Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge catalog of December 1902: "These most interesting relics of the famous Novelist were given by Charles Dickens' son to the housekeeper, Mrs. Hedderly, from whom they were bought by the late Henry Walker, and removed to the residence of his step-son James Hooper of Bromley, Kent, who alone, from that time, has had the custody of them." The price listed by Tregaskis is 75 guineas, up from the 55 listed by Sotheby's. At this point, the relic grouping may have been broken up and sold individually. Dickens founded All the Year Round in 1859 as the direct successor to Household Words. The debut issue featured the first installment of A Tale of Two Cities. Other important Victorian novels first published in its pages include Great Expectations, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White and Anthony Trollope's The Duke's Children.
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