Georgian Flambeau Mahogany Breakfront by Frederick Tibbenham Ltd of Ipswich England.
This classic China cabinet piece will hold all of your family's collection. Its amazing amount of storage makes this an ideal piece for entertaining. You can easily lock up your valuable sterling silver in the base cabinets and drawers.. This breakfront comes in two pieces for easier moving. Width: 60.50" Depth: 15.50" Top Piece: 44.50" High . Bottom Piece: 36.50" High.
Frederick Tibbenham (1884 – 26 June 1947) was a British cabinet maker and businessman from Ipswich, Suffolk. His company held a Royal Warrant for the production of furniture, and he also formed a construction company, working with some notable architects to design and build homes. During the two World Wars his factory made wooden aircraft propellers.
Tibbenham started his working life as a picture framer. He progressed to cabinet making, and in 1904, established the firm of Frederick Tibbenham Ltd, furniture makers in Ipswich. In its workshops in Turret Lane, the company made high-quality reproduction pieces, particularly in "Jacobethan" (Tudor or Elizabethan) style, which were frequently exported to the US. They were also involved in furniture restoration, and used both genuine and reproduction paneling in house restoration work.
A woman making a wooden propeller in Tibbenham's factory in 1918
During World Wars I and II, Tibbenham switched the output of the factory to wooden propellers, of which there are a considerable number in private and public collections, and an equal number of photographs of the factory's manufacturing process. The firm also manufactured wooden Bren gun grips, butts and carrying handles as part of the war effort. In 1916 Tibbenham was a director of the new London-based Tibbenham's Aviation Company Ltd, formed to promote the science or sport of flying and aerial locomotion, to manufacture and deal in aeroplanes. He also tried unsuccessfully to persuade the British army to commission the production of wooden bullets...
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1930s English Georgian Vintage Fairfield County - Buffets