A MID-VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT BUREAU-PLAT

OF LOUIS XV STYLE, BY EDWARDS AND ROBERTS

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A MID-VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT BUREAU-PLAT
Of Louis XV style, by Edwards and Roberts
The serpentine rectangular top with dark red leather-lined writing-surface, tulipwood cross-banding and gadrooned edge, above three mahogany-lined frieze drawers and three simulated drawers to the reverse, on tapering cabriole legs headed by C-scroll rockwork and foliate mounts leading to conforming sabots, stamped 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS' and with plaque 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS WARDOUR ST. 126, PICCADILLY 532, OXFORD ST. LONDON.'
28¼ in. (71.5 cm.) high; 53½ in. (136 cm.) wide; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

William, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam (d. 1833) and by descent.

Lot Essay

Edwards and Roberts were established at 21 Wardour Street in the 1840s as 'Antique and Modern cabinet-makers and importers of ancient furniture'. On occasion the distinction between the two became blurred when they embellished an older piece of furniture prior to selling it. (C. Wainwright, 'The Dark Ages of Art Revived', Connoisseur, June 1978, pp. 95-105).

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