Chest of drawers
Edwards and Roberts
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Mahogany, oak, gilt brass
Measurements
86.5 x 92 x 52 cm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206735
Summary
A mahogany chest of drawers, 19th century, in George III style, by Edwards & Roberts of Wardour Street and Oxford Street, London. The rectangular top with a moulded edge above a shallow frieze and a brushing slide. Three graduated and cockbeaded drawers below. Raised on outswept bracket feet.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Elsie Bambridge in 1976.
Makers and roles
Edwards and Roberts, maker