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WILLIAM JAMES ANTIQUES

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Item Details

An Edwardian patinated brass and velvet cord club fire fender by Maple & Co. Having a stepped plinth with brass columns. Retaining the original horse with internal metal fire guards. Upholstered in a dark green needle cord velvet, firm standing and in super condition throughout. English, Circa 1910.

Dimensions: Height: 49.5 cm - 19 1/2 Inches, Width: 171.5 cm - 67 1/2 Inches, Depth: 61 cm - 24 Inches.

Price inclusive of courier delivery within England & Wales

Maple & Co. was a British furniture and upholstery manufacturer established in 1841 which found particular success during the Victorian and Edwardian eras.[1][2] The company became one of the prime makers and suppliers of furniture to the aristocracy and royalty in both the United Kingdom and around the world.[3]

For the duration of their trading, the company resided in Tottenham Court Road in London but had trading locations as far as Paris, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Smyrna.[4]

Maple & Co. became one of the most fashionable brands in Victorian and Edwardian Britain and supplied furniture and interior decoration to a number of high status individuals, including various strains of royal families.

This list is a selection of particularly notable commissions held by Maple & Co. and the date of the commission.

White Lodge, Richmond Park (1870)
The Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London (1885)
Constitutional Club, London (1885)
York Cottage, Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, England
Supplied furniture for the ships: QE1 (1938), QE2 and the Queen Mary[4]
Crossrigg Hall, Penrith, Cumbria[29]
Rashtrapati Niwas (formerly known as the Viceregal Lodge), residence of the Viceroy of India, Simla (1892)

• Period: Edwardian
• Sold
• Location: Norfolk
• • Dimensions: H: 49.5cm (19.49in)
  • W: 171.5cm (67.52in)
  • D: 61cm (24.02in)