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A late Victorian mahogany kneehole desk stamped Edwards & Roberts of London (top of central drawer) - also retaining its ivorine retailers label. Edwards and Roberts may well have made this desk and then later embellished and retailed at a later date as they also sold antique furniture. Nicely finished to the rear with a simulated pair of doors inlaid with re entrant boxwood stringing detail - as per the drawer fronts and recessed cupboard doors.

48”w x 31”h x 26 ½”d

122cm w x 78cm h x 67cm d

The firm Edwards and Roberts were among 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 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. They produced high quality furniture, as well as good copies of the 18th and 19th century English and French pieces. There workmanship included furniture with satinwood marquetry and favoured the Georgian designs. They were known for restoring adapting older pieces of antique furniture to suit more modern needs. The quality of timber used was always the best, with fine burr walnuts, figured mahogany and lighter toned satinwood.

 

Circa 1880

£1,485