Maple & Co. Edwardian Roll Top & Inlaid Desk

Name: Maple & Co. Edwardian Roll Top & Inlaid Desk
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA464913
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by John Howkins Antiques

Description

A good quality freestanding mahogany and inlaid roll top desk from the renown workshops of Maples & Co. Inlaid throughout with satinwood cross banding between boxwood and ebony lines with further boxwood stringing inlay to the styles and tambour slats.The tambour front opens to a busy interior consisting of 12 pigeon holes and 3 drawers with 2 swivel trays for ink wells and stationary paraphernalia. The base with 2 pull out slides and 9 mahogany lined and graduated drawers, each retaining the original good quality brass handles. The locking system on this desk is quite unusual in so far as the base drawers remain locked until the tambour is opened but 3 drawers on the right hand side have further locking facilities with the original working locks and key. The whole stands on plinth bases with hidden castors and is in very good condition and ready for the home or office and bearing the label "Maple & Co. London, Paris, Buenos Aires and by Royal Appointment."

Size - Height .. 39'' / 99cm. Width .. 48'' / 122cm. Depth .. 29.5'' / 75cm. Delivery to most of U.K. £75.

Physical Dimensions

Height

99cm (38.98")

Width

122cm (48.03")

Depth

75cm (29.53")

Declaration

John Howkins Antiques has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA464913

Dealers Internal Reference

21359

Dealers Notes

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Delivery.

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Payment.

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Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information on this item on 07770 311611.

Description

A good quality freestanding mahogany and inlaid roll top desk from the renown workshops of Maples & Co.

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Inlaid throughout with satinwood cross banding between boxwood and ebony lines with further boxwood stringing inlay to the styles and tambour slats.

John Howkins Antiques

The tambour front opens to a busy interior consisting of 12 pigeon holes and 3 drawers with 2 swivel trays for ink wells and stationary paraphernalia. The base with 2 pull out slides and 9 mahogany lined and graduated drawers, each retaining the original good quality brass handles. The locking system on this desk is quite unusual in so far as the base drawers remain locked until the tambour is opened but 3 drawers on the right hand side have further locking facilities with the original working locks and key. The whole stands on plinth bases with hidden castors and is in very good condition and ready for the home or office and bearing the label "Maple & Co. London, Paris, Buenos Aires and by Royal Appointment."

Size - Height .. 39'' / 99cm. Width .. 48'' / 122cm. Depth .. 29.5'' / 75cm. Delivery to most of U.K. £75.