Chest of drawers
Maple & Co. Ltd.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
120.5 x 120 x 53 cm
Place of origin
England
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Owletts, Kent
NT 1410987
Summary
A mahogany chest of drawers, English, circa 1870. Retailed by Maple & Co., the moulded rectangular top above an unusual drawer arrangement, with one deep drawer flanked by two small drawers above a further three long drawers, on plinth, one drawer stamped MAPLE & CO.
Full description
Maple & Co was one of the largest and most successful British furniture retailers and cabinet makers in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. They had a shop in Tottenham Court Road, London and by the 1880s were exporting to many countries around the world.
Makers and roles
Maple & Co. Ltd., retailer