Satinwood Inlaid Dressing Table By Edwards And Roberts, Formerly Owned By Maureen Swanson The Fllm Actress
Price
$3,637 Price excludes shipping and applicable customs fees
Item Number:SA663831 Date of manufacture:1880 Current Status: For sale Seller:Moxhams Antiques
This antique has been viewed 36 times in the past month with the most views from France.
Description
An attractive satinwood dressing table/desk: inlaid floral decoration with ribbons and swags; standing on tapered legs with brass castors; green leather top and original silvered knobs (one replaced); the drawer is stamped Edwards & Roberts. The back is not finished in satinwood. At one point the property of Maureen Swanson, Countess of Dudley, the film and stage actess, who married William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley. The firm Edwards and Roberts were among 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 and Roberts, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture’. They became one of the leading London cabinet makers and retailers and the firm produced high quality furniture, as well as good copies of the 18th and 19th century English and French pieces. Their workmanship included pieces with satinwood marquetry and favoured Georgian designs. Established in 1967,Moxhams Antiques is a family business with a large shop in Bradford-on-Avon near Bath. We have an extensive and varied stock specialising in good period town and country furniture, ceramics, particularly delftware, as well as some decorative items. Members of the BADA & CADA Open 10am - 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday, but please let us know that you are coming. Internal Ref: S730
Declaration
This item is antique. The date of manufacture has been declared as 1880.
Dimensions
Height = 77.5 cm (30.5")
Width = 122 cm (48.0")
Depth = 60.5 cm (23.8")
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