ENGLISH SATINWOOD SIDE CABINET BY MAPLE & CO - REF No. 4081

Product Details

H: 36 in / 91.5 cm ; W: 49 in / 124.3 cm ; D: 19 1/4 in / 50 cm

A very fine 19th century Satinwood side cabinet in the Neoclassical style, of arc-en-arbalette form, rising from six carved elegant legs, the central bow fronted door centred by a neoclassical scene with floral highlights which opens to reveal a mahogany interior with a single shaped serpentine shelf, the flanking side panels having central cartouches depicting neoclassical urns with floral highlights. The single central drawer also mahogany lined above a top having half rounded central back panel with ebony outline stringing within a border of polychrome hand painted decoration in the style of Angelica Kauffman.

Circa 1890

English 

Maple & Co (1870 – 1950) 

Maple & Co was one the largest and most successful British furniture retailers and cabinet makers in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. They were well known for fine quality, craftsmanship and were specialists in copying old designs but bringing them up to date to the more modern trends. They produced many quality pieces of furniture in designs such as Hepplewhite and Chippendale but also were well known for their quality Arts & Crafts Furniture. Maple & Co was first established by John Maple, a shopkeeper, Surrey, who later opened a furniture shop in Tottenham Court Road but it was his son, John Maple, who pushed Maples & Co to be such a huge success. With his skills in business, by the 1880s they were the largest furniture store in the world as they exported their fine antique furniture to many different countries and were well known throughout the