Sale 7481
London
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24 May 2007
Price realised
GBP 840
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A LATE VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD CROSSBANDED SATINWOOD SERPENTINE DISPLAY-CABINET BY EDWARDS & ROBERTS, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY With shelved blue-baize lined interior, the reverse with an ivory label inscribed 'Edwards & Roberts, Wardour St., 126 Piccadilly, 532 Oxford St., London', and with a paper label inscribed '... Gothic Room 62', probably previously with a base or stand 26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 24 in. (62 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep
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Edwards and Roberts were a fashionable Victorian furnishing firm with premises in Oxford Street as well as at 148-160 Wardour Street, London.
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