Top Quality Edwards & Roberts Victorian Desk

Wonderful twin pedestal desk by Edwards & Roberts. Great colour and condition with original leather insert, moulded border to the top and boxwood stringing. The attractive ebonised finish is complimented by the attractive inlaid patterns to the drawer fronts with moulded ormolu mounts to the top and base of each pedestal. There is a brass bead which surrounds the desk top beneath the drawers and further inlay to the side of each drawer.

Original brass handles to each drawer and all drawers are in solid mahogany including linings all with hand-cut dove-tail joints.

The middle drawer is stamped EDWARDS AND ROBERTS. This wonderful desk sits on it's original hidden castors, a really fantastic solid mahogany desk by one of the top Victorian makers. Ready to fit into any stylish home.

Comes in three pieces for ease of movement or transport.

Dimensions:

W: 121cm (47.6")H: 77cm (30.3")D: 70cm (27.6")

The firm Edwards and Roberts were among the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards and Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, ‘Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture’. They became one of the leading London cabinet makers and retailers. They produced high quality furniture, as well as good copies of the 18th and 19th Century English and French pieces. Their workmanship included furniture with satinwood marquetry and favoured the Georgian designs. They were known for restoring adapting older pieces of antique furniture to suit more modern needs. The quality of timber used was always the best, with fine burr walnuts, figured mahogany and lighter toned satinwood.