Items Similar to Antique Inlaid Satinwood Writing Table Desk by Edwards & Roberts, 19th Century
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 21
Antique Inlaid Satinwood Writing Table Desk by Edwards & Roberts, 19th Century
About the Item
This is a sublime satinwood and marquetry desk by Edwards & Roberts, Circa 1880 in date.
This gorgeous desk is freestanding and has been crafted from beautiful satinwood which has been masterfully inlaid with a marquetry of ribbons, swags and garlands.
The rectangular top is beautifully framed with walnut cross-banding and features an inset gold tooled green leather writing surface above seven capacious drawers. The desk is raised on squared tapered legs that terminate in the original brass castors.
It bears the stamp of the renowned cabinet makers Edward and Roberts in the centre drawer.
Complete with the original handles and working loks and key.
This elegant desk will make a wonderful addition to your home or office.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned polished waxed and releathered in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 75 x width 122 x depth 61
Height 60 x width 48 - Kneehole dimensions
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 5 inches x width 4 foot x depth 2 foot
Height 2 feet x width 1 foot, 7 inches - Kneehole dimensions
Edwards & Roberts
The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards & Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture’. By 1892 they occupied more than a dozen buildings in Wardour Street, where they continued to trade until the end of the century.
They became one of the leading London cabinet makers and retailers producing high quality furniture and working in a variety of styles, both modern and revivalist. Their business also involved retailing, adapting and restoring the finest antique furniture and there are many examples of their earlier furniture with later embellishments bearing their stamp. The quality of timber used was always the best quality with fine burr walnuts and lighter toned satinwood as they specialised in marquetry, inlay and ormolu.
- Creator:Edwards & Roberts (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 48.04 in (122 cm)Depth: 24.02 in (61 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1880
- Condition:
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: A18541stDibs: LU950624503162
About the Seller
5.0
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 1983
1stDibs seller since 2012
1,210 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
Associations
LAPADA - The Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: London, United Kingdom
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Antique Victorian Writing Table Desk by Edwards & Roberts 19th CenturyLocated in London, GBThis is an elegant antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves writing table by Edwards & Roberts, Circa 1850 in date. The top is inset with a gold tooled burgundy leather writing surface abo...Category
Antique 1850s Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsLeather, Wood
- Antique Aesthetic Period Bur Maple Edward & Roberts Writing Table Desk, 19th CBy Edwards & RobertsLocated in London, GBThis is an elegant antique aesthetic period burr maple and ebonized writing table, stamped 'Edwards & Roberts' circa 1870 in date. This elegant desk is crafted from the most beautiful maple with ebony banded decoration and ormolu beaded stringing. The rectangular top is inset with a gold tooled dark green leather writing surface above two frieze drawers. It is raised on elegant twin turned and fluted column supports joined by a decorative stretcher and raised on outswept legs. It is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the centre of your room. Complete with workig locks and key. Provenance: Collection of the late Nigel Alington, Little Barford Manor House, Bedfordshire. Condition: In really excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 73 x Width 122 x Depth 63 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 foot x Depth 2 feet, 1 inch Edwards & Roberts The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet...Category
Antique 1870s English Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsMaple
- Antique Edwardian Inlaid Display Cabinet by Edwards & Roberts, 19th CenturyBy Edwards & RobertsLocated in London, GBThis is a truly magnificent antique Edwardian Goncalo Alves and marquetry inlaid upright display cabinet by Edwards & Roberts, circa 1890 in date. The cabinet is bordered with boxwood lines and decorated with scrolling foliage, cherubs, mythical creatures, urns of fruit and anthemions The moulded and simulated dentil cornice is above a pair of glazed panel doors with a mirrored back. The cupboard below with a pair of panel doors that open to a spacious cupboard. The cabinet is raised on square tapered legs, united by a concave fronted platform undertier, terminating in spade feet. It is a truly beautiful antique Edwardian cabinet...Category
Antique 1890s English Edwardian Cabinets
MaterialsWood
- Antique Victorian Inlaid Mahogany Architects Desk by Edwards & RobertsLocated in London, GBThis is a superb antique Victorian mahogany satinwood and Goncalo Alves marquetry inlaid and satin wood crossbanded Architects desk by the renowned Victorian retailer and cabinet mak...Category
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsMahogany
- Antique Satinwood Breakfront Bookcase Display Cabinet Edwards & Roberts 19th CBy Edwards & RobertsLocated in London, GBThis is a beautiful antique Sheraton Revival top quality three door breakfront bookcase, masterfully crafted in rich satinwood by the renowned cabinet makers and retailers Edwards & Roberts, Circa 1880 in date. This magnificent bookcase is surmounted with a beautiful swan neck cornice and is mastefully inlaid with scrolling garlands, ribbons, fans and urns. The three astragal glazed doors revealing adjustable shelves, the frieze with three oak lined frieze frieze drawers with hand cut dovetails. Raised on six square tapering legs that terminate in spade feet there is no mistaking its superb quality and very grand design, which is certain to make it a talking point in your home and stand proud in whichever room you choose to display it. Complete with working locks and key. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 225 x Width 149 x Depth 36 Dimensions in inches: Height 7 foot, 5 inches x Width 4 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 2 inches Edwards & Roberts The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the nineteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards & Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet...Category
Antique 1880s English Sheraton Bookcases
MaterialsSatinwood
- Antique Victorian Walnut Writing Table Desk Hindley & Sons 19th CenturyLocated in London, GBAntique Victorian walnut writing table, circa 1850 in date. One of the drawers is stamped by the maker: C.Hindley & Sons, late Miles & Edwards, 134 Oxford Street, London. It bears the inventory number 12451 The rectangular top features a moulded edge with a striking inset red leather writing surface over two cedar lined drawers to the frieze, fitted with Bramah locks. It is raised on four decorative barley twist legs terminating in brass castors. It is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room. Complete with working Bramah locks and special key. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 76 x Width 123 x Depth 69 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 4 foot x Depth 2 foot, 3 inches Hindley, Charles & Sons Berners Street & Oxford Street, London; cabinet makers, upholsterers and retailers (fl.c.1820-1892) Charles Hugh Hindley (b.1792- d.1871) was the son of Christopher, a merchant in Mere, Wiltshire. He moved to London with an elder brother to live with his uncle, who was possibly running the London branch of the Wiltshire business. In 1817 Charles joined the upholstery firm of Benjamin Merriman Nias at 32 Berners Street. Within a few years he bought the Nias business with a £1,000 investment from his family. Despite his business being described as a 'carpet warehouse' in London directories from 1820-1841, by the mid-1830s upholstery and cabinet work had joined his repertoire and he had taken on more showroom space next door at 31 Berners Street. Family records of the 1840s showed that individual custom-order business expanded to also ‘supplying established furnishing houses with goods on wholesale terms’. Jobs ranged from supplying Pentonville Prison with 100 hair mattresses and pillows, to altering spring roller blinds, to fulfilling private commissions with suites of parlour furniture. Hindley was the father of eleven children with three involved in the business: Charles Hugh (b. 1818), Frederick (b. 1820), and Albert Daniel (b.1822). Charles Hugh and Frederick joined the family firm about 1832, thus establishing the family partnership, Charles Hindley & Sons. Albert Daniel learned the carpet manufactory and trade in Kidderminster and eventually established a carpet manufactory in Liversedge, Yorkshire, supplying the family’s London store and others. In 1845 he patented an early tufted carpeting technique. Charles Hindley & Sons acquired the firm, Miles & Edwards in September 1844, including their premises at 134 Oxford Street. Both companies operated from this address until 1845 when Miles & Edwards was closed. The purchase of Miles & Edwards enabled Hindley & Co. to compete with other West End firms by offering everything from cabinet making and upholstery to painted decoration and interior design for the middle and upper class market. In a sample of 737 orders from October 1842-June 1845, six per cent of the clientele were upper and lower aristocracy with approximately seventy per cent gentry or middle class. The aristocratic clientele included the surnames of Hoare, Kirland, Drummond, Montefiore, Ashburton and Rothschild, and the Oriental Club at 18 Hanover Square (1824). Bramah is London's oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Marylebone, London and Romford, Essex. Bramah made their first lock in 1784 and the patent was awarded in 1787. The designer was Joseph Bramah. Joseph Bramah was a leading inventor of the industrial revolution, patenting over 18 new ideas, including a new valve for the water closet (toilet), the hydraulic pump, a fountain pen, and a fire engine. Bramah also introduced a beer hand pump for use at the bar, to prevent fluid loss when barmen went downstairs to pour a new jug! Due to the quality of his manufacturing, his name became a by-word amongst British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find one of his original toilets still working in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight. The Bramah lock was unique and advanced property and valuables protection enormously. Indeed it was 50 years ahead of any Chubb lock...Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsWalnut
You May Also Like
- Antique Edwards and Roberts 19th Century mahogany writing dressing table deskLocated in Wisbech, CambridgeshireAntique, fine-quality 19th Century Edwards and Roberts mahogany writing, dressing, side table desk. Exhibiting a lovely age, color, and patina and standing on melon-fluted legs. Thi...Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsWood, Mahogany
- 19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport by Edwards & RobertsBy Edwards & RobertsLocated in Petworth,West Sussex, GBA stunning 19th century figured walnut Davenport desk with brass grill. It has a fall front with a tooled leather writing surface, opening to reveal four small interior drawers with ...Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsBrass
- 19th Century Edwards and Roberts Leather Top Desk with Faux Bamboo LegsBy Edwards & RobertsLocated in Charleston, SCFantastic quality 19th century Neo-Gothic leather top desk with faux bamboo cluster legs made by Edwards and Roberts. Paneled sides and back, Blind fret...Category
Antique 19th Century English Gothic Revival Desks
MaterialsLeather, Mahogany
- 19th Century mahogany inlaid writing deskLocated in Martlesham, GBA superb quality 19th Century mahogany inlaid writing desk, the super structure comprising of three mahogany lined drawers either side with the original turned brass knob handles and...Category
Antique 1890s British Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsMahogany
- 19th Century Miles and Edwards Writing TableLocated in Dublin 8, IE19th century Miles and Edwards writing table of unusual shaped top, with leather scribe on barley twist leg.Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsMahogany
- 19th Century Satinwood Ladies Writing TableLocated in Martlesham, GB19th century satinwood ladies writing table in the Sheraton style, having a shaped leather writing surface decorated with blind tooling, decorativ...Category
Antique 1890s British Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables
MaterialsSatinwood
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
60 Inch Square Table
Antique End Tables With Leather Inlay
English End Tables With Drawer Walnut
1 Drawer End Table Antique Walnut
7 Drawer Kneehole Desk
French Leather Top Table
Antique Two Drawer Table
Modern Writing Desk With Drawers
Mid Century Modern Desk With Drawers
Large Antique Desk Desks
Lacquered Leather Table
Large Table With Drawers
Black And Brass Desk
Desk Carved Wood
Mid Century Danish Modern Desk
Mid Century Modern Desk Denmark
Midcentury Modern Danish Desk
Danish Mid Century Modern Desk