A late Victorian mahogany collector's cabinet by Maple & Co.
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A late Victorian mahogany collector's cabinet
by Maple & Co.
The rectangular top with a moulded edge in the form of a pagoda, the front with three fielded panel doors, the central door with paterae carved to each corner, the interior with sixteen labelled drawers, the sides each with a frieze drawer above a further pair of fielded panel cupboard doors, 202cm wide, 60cm deep, 118.5cm high (79.5" wide, 23.5" deep, 46.5" high).
Estimate:
£1,500 - 2,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,000
€1,800 - 2,400

Footnotes

  • Maple and Company were founded in 1841 in Tottenham Court Road, London. By the 1880's they were the largest and most successful furniture makers in the world, their huge emporium having become a tourist attraction in its own right. In addition to their middle class clientele, they furnished palaces all over the globe, including Tsar Nicholas's Winter Palace, the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, and many of Britain's country houses.


Category: Furniture / English Furniture and Works of Art

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