Object Description
This is an impressive English antique late Victorian Sheraton Revival flame mahogany wardrobe, circa 1870 in date.
It has a moulded cornice with a crossbanded frieze over two arched panel doors over a pair of half width drawers. The doors with oval flame mahogany panels and crossbanded decoration. The interior is fitted with a brass hanging rail, with a brass rail for ties and belts on eacr door.
It is raised on elegant swept bracket feet and is complete with it’s original working lock and key.
It is a truly beautiful wardrobe which is also very spacious.
Condition:
In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 212 x Width 147 x Depth 65
Dimensions in inches:
Height 6 foot, 11 inches x Width 4 foot, 10 inches x Depth 2 foot, 2 inches
Flame Mahogany
Thomas Sheraton – 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as “best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed.” Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called “flame mahogany.”
The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.
Our reference: A2746