Maple and Co Inlaid Mahogany Dressing Table

A fine quality Edwardian dressing table by the renowned makers Maple and Co. Of excellent construction in solid mahogany with inlaid satinwood banding and stringing, in the manner of Sheraton. It has a great colour and patina and is in overall excellent original condition. The table has an arrangement of one long bow-fronted central drawer, flanked by two pairs of shorter drawers. The super-structure has a further three, smaller, jewellery drawers. All drawers are fitted with their original brass handles. This splendid dressing table would adorn any home and is offered for sale in excellent condition.

Dimensions:

Width 123cms

Depth 66cms

Table height 81cms

Overall height 175cms

Kneehole clearance 62cms

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.