Wardrobe
Collinson and Lock
Category
Furniture
Date
1896
Materials
Rosewood, mahogany drawer linings, brass handles
Measurements
214 x 137 cm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1213961.1
Summary
The wardrobe from a rosewood 'dressing room suite', English, supplied to James Beale by Collinson & Lock in 1896. Comprising a wardrobe, a dressing table, a washstand and a chest of drawers, each with moulded edges, reeded uprights and original handles, the wardrobe with a pair of twin-panel doors and drawer below, on plinth; the nine-drawer kneehole dressing table standing on short legs with castors and surmounted by a swing-frame mirror flanked by uprights with flame finials and two small drawers; the white marble-top washstand with tiled splash-back and two frieze drawers, standing on square tapering legs with castors; the chest of drawers with two short and three long graduated drawers, on plinth. (originally with a pedestal cupboard, but this is no longer in the house).
Full description
The London firm of Collinson & Lock were established in 1870 and a year later published their catalogue of ‘Sketches of Artistic Furniture’. Their principal designer was T.E. Collcutt and they enjoyed considerable success throughout the 1870s and 1880s, merging with Jackson & Graham in 1884. They were themselves taken over by Gillows in 1897. The firm became especially well-known for their signature rosewood furniture with ivory intarsia designed by Stephen Webb.
Provenance
Supplied to James Beale in July 1896 by Collinson & Lock, 76-80 Oxford Street, London: 'A rosewood dressing room suite' at a cost of £105.
Makers and roles
Collinson and Lock, furniture manufacturer