ANTIQUE FURNITURE MAKERS:
EDWARDS & ROBERTS
DURING THE 18TH CENTURY, ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNISED FURNITURE
MAKERS WAS EDWARDS AND ROBERTS. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1845
AND THEY WERE TRADING AS 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS, 21 WARDOUR STREET,
ANTIQUE AND MODERN CABINET MAKERS AND IMPORTERS OF ANCIENT
FURNITURE' BY 1854.
THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAIL PRODUCED SUPERB QUALITY ENGLISH
FURNITURE AND USING SOME OF THE FINEST QUALITY TIMBERS, THEY
BECAME ONE OF THE LEADING CABINET MAKERS DURING THE VICTORIAN
PERIOD. AS WELL AS MAKING AND SELLING THEIR OWN FURNITURE, THEY
ALSO RETAILED, RESTORED AND ADAPTED ANTIQUE FURNITURE, MAINLY
ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE - THEY WERE SKILLED AT ADAPTING
ANTIQUE FURNITURE TO SUIT MODERN NEEDS AND SPECIALISED IN
MARQUETRY, INLAY AND ORMOLU. YOU CAN FIND MANY EXAMPLES OF
EARLIER FURNITURE THAT BEARS THE STAMP 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS',
ALTHOUGH IT WAS MADE IN AN EARLIER PERIOD, AND BE ASSURED THAT
THEY ONLY STAMPED FURNITURE THAT WAS WORTHY OF THEIR GREAT NAME.
BY 1892, THEY HAD EXPANDED INTO AROUND A DOZEN BUILDINGS IN
WARDOUR STREET, WHICH MADE WARDOUR STREET AN FURNITURE RETAIL
ARE IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE COMPANY CEASED
TRADING IN 1899.
Antique wardobes from Kernow Furniture
WE HAVE A STUNNING VICTORIAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT ANTIQUE BEDROOM
SET ONLINE NOW. COMPRISING OF A HIGH QUALITY ASH ANTIQUE WARDROBE,
DRESSING TABLE AND ANTIQUE CHEST OF DRAWERS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE
TO PURCHASE SEPARATELY.
Antique dressing tables from Kernow Furniture
Antique chest of drawers from Kernow Furniture