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Antique Aesthetic Period Bur Maple Edward & Roberts Writing Table Desk, 19th C
About the Item
This 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 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: 28.75 in (73 cm)Width: 48.04 in (122 cm)Depth: 24.81 in (63 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:Maple,Ebonized
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- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1870
- Condition:
- Seller Location:London, GB
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