Maple & Co Ltd dresser with glazed display cupboard
A well-proportioned compact mahogany dresser, with cupboards and drawers below and glazed display cupboard above, made by (or retailed by) the high-quality Tottenham Court Road store of Maple and Co. The dresser has gothic-style glazing bars to the upper cupboard doors which sit beneath a classical frieze and cornice. There are a pair of drawers below the working surface, both stamped 'Maple & Co' with fine quality brass handles, and a pair of cupboard doors below for a singular wide storage cupboard. It was made between c1880-1895 (Maples added Ltd to the company name in 1895) and has mellowed to an attractive mid-brown tone. The dresser is a practical and elegant storage and display piece, which is less toweringly-high than many of its contemporaries, making it more suitable to modern living rooms or kitchens.
