Lot 488
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AN EDWARDIAN SATINWOOD BANDED AND MARQUETRY BOOKCASE
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AN EDWARDIAN SATINWOOD BANDED AND MARQUETRY BOOKCASE

BY MAPLE & CO

Details
AN EDWARDIAN SATINWOOD BANDED AND MARQUETRY BOOKCASE
By Maple & Co
Stamped 'MAPLE & CO' and bearing an enamel plate 'MAPLE & CO TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD LONDON'
90in. (229cm.) high, 56in. (142cm.) wide, 17½in. (44cm.) deep
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis This lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges

Lot Essay

John Maple opened his 'Wholesale and Retail Drapery Shop' in Tottenham Court Road in 1841. Aiming at an upper-class clientele, by the end of the century, aided by their furniture and fabric catalogues and specimen rooms, they were supplying elegant palaces and mansions both at home and abroad.

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