Antique Linen Press Wardrobe Dresser W. Bertram Satin Birch Victorian circa 1870

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Antique Linen Press Wardrobe Dresser W. Bertram Satin Birch Victorian circa 1870

About the Item

A stunning antique 19th century Victorian Satin Birch clothes press by W. Bertrum of London, circa 1870, the top with a moulded cornice above two panelled doors, enclosing mahogany sliding trays, the base with two short and three panelled drawers, with turned wood handles, on a plinth, stamped to top drawer W. Bertram, 100 Dean Street, Soho, comes in two sections making moving easier, please note this is a very heavy piece of furniture that will require a minimum of two strong people to move into place, comes with two non working keys and tassels. Provenance: Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. Thoresby Hall is a grade 1 listed 19th century country house in Budby, Nottinghamshire, some 4 km (2 miles) north of Ollerton. It is one of four neighbouring country houses and estates in the Dukeries in north Nottinghamshire all occupied by dukes at one time during their history. It is now a hotel. The hall is constructed of rock-faced ashlar with ashlar dressings. It is built in four storeys with a square floor plan surrounding a central courtyard, nine bays wide and eight bays deep. The Queen's Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomany Museum occupies part of the courtyard. History Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston - Upon - Hull acquired the Thoresby lands in 1633, but was killed in the Civil War in 1643. His son Henry Pierrepont, the 2nd Earl, built the first grand house, attributed to the architect Talman, about 1670. The house was remodelled for William Pierrepont, the 4th Earl, during 1685–87, probably by Benjamin Jackson, after the earl had been granted the right in 1683 to create the park by enclosure from Sherwood Forest. The 5th Earl was created the 1st Duke of Kingston in 1715. The estate passed to Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston - Upon - Hull (1711–1773), who fought at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 and during whose ownership the house was destroyed by fire that same year. 20 years later the architect John Carr during 1767–1772 built a new house on the same site. Humphry Repton landscaped the park at the same time. When the 2nd Duke died in 1773 he left the estate to his wife, Elizabeth Chudleigh, the former wife of the Earl of Bristol. After a very public court case, she was declared married bigamously to the Duke and obliged to surrender the property on her death in 1786 to the Duke's nephew, Charles Medows, a Royal Navy officer. He adopted the name Pierrepont and later became the 1st Earl Manvers. During 1868–1874, Sydney Pierrepont, the 3rd Earl of Manvers, commissioned the celebrated country house architect Anthony Salvin to demolish the house after just a hundred years and replace it with the present house, erected 500 metres (550 yd) to the north. It measures 55 metres (180 ft) on its east and south fronts and 48 metres (157 ft) on its west front. The impressive Great Hall, with minstrels' gallery at the west end, is 19 metres (62 ft) long and 14 metres (46 ft) high. The house descended to the 6th Earl who died in 1955 without a male heir and the title thereby became extinct. The house remained with the family. Footnotes William Bertram is listed in C.Gilbert & G.Beard, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.68 as working at 100 Dean St, Soho in 1839.

Dimensions:
Height: 88 in (223.52 cm)Width: 50 in (127 cm)Depth: 23 in (58.42 cm)
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Unknown
Condition:
In excellent antique antique condition, minor age related knocks and marks.
Seller Location:
Longdon, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU183237337843