Holland & Sons was founded in 1803 by William Holland (1803-1843). From 1803 to 1843, they were carpenters and upholsterers, William Holland and Stephen Taprell were business partners. The company was called until 1835 “Taprell & Holland,” to 1843 “Taprell, Holland & Son” and from 1843 “Holland & Sons’. In 1851, the company employed more than 350 employees. In 1852, the renowned workshop of Thomas Dowbiggin (1788-1854) at the Mount Street in London taken over.
“Holland & Sons” received several orders for the interiors of many government buildings and clubs in the 19th Century in London, including the Athenaeum Club , the Reform Club , and the British Museum. The company received many royal orders, for example for the manufacture of furniture for Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle , Osbourne House and Balmoral Castle. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 introduced Holland & Sons a bookshelf in front, for which they received a prize, and they participated in many other renowned exhibitions of the century. They were named royal supplier. In 1877 they delivered furniture for a steam yacht of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
They became known for its Gothic Revival furniture, but they also featured furniture from other styles here, such as Louis XV and Louis XVI , the Renaissance and the Elizabethan age. Holland & Sons were technical innovators who used the time from the beginning of modern machinery in their workshops.
