Oval Inlaid Burr Walnut Canterbury What Not

Name: Oval Inlaid Burr Walnut Canterbury What Not
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA602388
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Camden Antiques

Description

A superb mid-Victorian period inlaid burr walnut canterbury what not. Of rare oval form and bearing its original retail label for Druce and Co of London. The oval top is decorated with floral inlaid detailing and has a raised brass gallery. The top is supported by turned columns with crisply carved show wood decorations. The canterbury section has 3 divisions with a drawer beneath and excellent open fretwork carved panels. All sitting on turned legs which terminate in their original brass castors. Professionally cleaned and waxed in our workshops and now offered for sale in excellent condition, With a great colour and patina , ready to go straight into the home.

Dimensions:

Width 79cms

Depth 48cms

Height 95cms

Druce & Co. Ltd, although listed here as in Portman Square, was a furniture store at the corner of Baker Street and Blandford Street in London. Initially the store was also known as “the Baker Street Bazaar”, the site originally being the home of a horse bazaar which extended to carriages and other goods, including ladies’ accessories and furnishings in the 1830s. For a while Mme Tussaud’s waxworks occupied the upper floors. The furniture store was established in the 1850s by a second hand furniture dealer called Thomas Charles Druce who died in 1864 when his son Herbert took over and ran the business until 1913. On 8th December 1940 Druce & Co. Ltd. suffered extensive damage following a German bombing raid and the stock of bedding, furniture, carpets and antiques was largely destroyed.

Physical Dimensions

Height

95cm (37.40")

Width

79cm (31.10")

Depth

48cm (18.90")

Declaration

Camden Antiques has dated this piece to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA602388

Dealers Internal Reference

210

Description

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The canterbury section has 3 divisions with a drawer beneath and excellent open fretwork carved panels.

Camden Antiques

All sitting on turned legs which terminate in their original brass castors. Professionally cleaned and waxed in our workshops and now offered for sale in excellent condition, With a great colour and patina , ready to go straight into the home.

fig 1. Oval Inlaid Burr Walnut Canterbury What Not

Dimensions:

Width 79cms

Depth 48cms

Height 95cms

Druce & Co. Ltd, although listed here as in Portman Square, was a furniture store at the corner of Baker Street and Blandford Street in London. Initially the store was also known as “the Baker Street Bazaar”, the site originally being the home of a horse bazaar which extended to carriages and other goods, including ladies’ accessories and furnishings in the 1830s. For a while Mme Tussaud’s waxworks occupied the upper floors. The furniture store was established in the 1850s by a second hand furniture dealer called Thomas Charles Druce who died in 1864 when his son Herbert took over and ran the business until 1913. On 8th December 1940 Druce & Co. Ltd. suffered extensive damage following a German bombing raid and the stock of bedding, furniture, carpets and antiques was largely destroyed.