Inlaid Satinwood Display Cabinet by Maple & Co.

A lovely late Victorian period satinwood display cabinet by Maple & Co. of London. Of excellent construction in solid satinwood with attractive satinwood veneers onto a mahogany carcas. Decorated with fine floral swags in boxwood and with inset geometric panels. With boxwood and ebony stringing throughout and tulip wood banding. With a central door (lockable , key supplied) which opens to access a shelved interior. With original lining material (some marks). All standing on elegant square tappering legs which terminate in spade feet. Offered for sale in very good original condition, with a good colour and patina.

Dimensions:

Width 111cms

Depth 39cms

Height 177cms

Internal shelf depth 29.5cms

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.