Exhibition Quality Mahogany Cylinder Bureau by Maple & Co

Description

R031 Superb quality and very attractive, Edwardian flamed mahogany cylinder bureau by Maples & Co, two mahogany lined and satinwood crossbanded drawers fitted with original brass handles above a cylinder flamed mahogany front which open to reveal small drawers, inkwells, pen tray and green tooled leather writing section, the base having long frieze drawer fitted with original brass handles, all standing on elegant string inlaid legs terminating in original cup castors, all polished and inlaid throughout enabling free standing. This fantastic desk retains its original finish, colour and patina, all in home ready condition. c1900
H39.5″ H27.5″-writing surface W30″ D19″
H100cm H70cm-writing surface W77cm D48cm

Maple & Co was established by John Maple and continued by his son John Blundell. The company was most prolific in the late Victorian and Edwardian era, specialising in fine quality furniture, designed and produced in their own workshops. By the 1880s they were the largest furniture store in the world, exported their fine furniture to every continent. Maples manufactured their luxury furniture entirely in-house, at a huge modern complex in Tottenham Court Road. A timber importer and furniture exporter, they landed prestigious contracts furnishing fine houses, hotels, embassies etc. Among them Tsar Nicholas’s Winter Palace and the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna. Never compromising on quality, Maples produced a huge catalogue of fine furniture, covering every avenue of interior design.