Bed head
Maple & Co. Ltd.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Oak, Textile
Place of origin
London
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637280.2.1
Summary
A head board each comprising three horizontal rails between which run friezes of upright rails, two solid panels and six rails to either side of central panels pierced with a lozenge, raised on square section legs. An oak single bed, either made by or retailed by Maple & Co. Ltd. London, circa 1900 Maple & Co was one the largest and most successful British furniture retailers and cabinet makers established c.1870 in London.
Makers and roles
Maple & Co. Ltd., furniture supplier