Inlaid Mahogany Display Cabinet by Maple & Co.

A superb quality Edwardian period inlaid mahogany display cabinet by Maple & Co. of London. Of fine construction in solid mahogany with attractive mahogany veneers. Embellished with inlaid stringing in boxwood and banding in satinwood. Decorated with beautiful inlaid panels of floral swags, cornucopia and a central fan. The inlay is further heightened with delicate pen and ink work. With a single central door (lockable, key supplied) which opens to access a shelved and lined interior. All standing on elegant tapering legs. Professionally repolished and the interior re-lined (ivory coloured silk fabric) and now offered for sale in excellent condition, ready to go straight into the home.

Dimensions:

Width 127cms

Depth 38cms

Overall height 163cms

Height to front of cabinet 140cms

Maple & Co was established by John Maple, a shopkeeper from Horley, Surrey, who later opened a furniture shop in Tottenham Court Road. However it was his son, John Blundell Maple , who made Maples & Co a success. With exceptional business skills, John B. Maple took over the company while still a young man. 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. A timber importer and furniture exporter, they landed prestigious contracts furnishing fine houses, hotels, embassies and palaces in Europe; among them Tsar Nicholas’s Winter Palace and the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna . With his own empire established, John Blundell Maple achieved further fame in politics and horseracing – some lines, such as the Atherstoke antique cabinet, having racing connections in the titles.

Never compromising on quality, Maples produced a huge catalogue of fine furniture, covering every avenue of interior design. A Maples & Co sale today would cover everything from Chippendale Revival antique dining chairs , to Aesthetic style carved oak dressers, to Art Nouveau tulip carved antique dining tables – all from the same catalogue.

The exclusivity and high quality of craftsmanship of Maples’ antique cabinets, dining suites and bedroom furniture made them highly popular with Britain’s social elite. Today, they appeal to anyone who appreciates fine craftsmanship