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WL 27 - An extremely rare stunning Gothic Revival Burr Pine Bedroom suite with wonderful stylised floral stencil details made by Dyer & Watts of Islington who exhibited a similar wardrobe at The Paris Exhibition of 1867 which was purchased by The Empress of France. A passage from the Art Journey supplement 1867 about that wardrobe they exhibited states :- the stencilled decoration 'as refreshing to the eye as if the woods had been of the rarest & most costly'. Dyer & Watts who later became Dyer Harper & Dyer & made top quality furniture with stencilled decoration, although a lesser known maker with a smaller output than many other makers of that period therefore to find the whole suite is a very rare occasion & in those days brass beds were in high fashion so it's unlikley a bed was ever made for this suite.
Consisting of a treble wardrobe, dressing table, washstand, bedside cupboard & a towel rail. The treble wardrobe with dental style cornice, full length mirror to the centre door flanked by 2 doors opening to reveal hanging space to the left hand side & lower drawer, 1 linen slide to the centre double right hand side & drawers below with double hanging space above. The dressing table with swivel mirror & a pair of jewellery drawers to each side 2 further drawers below the work area & open shelf below united by turned legs on brass & ceramic castors, the washstand with tiled back, the tiles depicting birds & stylised flowers almost certainly by Worcester & marble top with 2 drawers & open shelf below united by turned legs also on brass & ceramic castors with matching bedside cupboard, towel rail & a pair of bedroom chairs (not shown). Wardrobe Height 84 1/2", Width of cornice 73 1/2", Depth of cornice 23", Dressing Table Height 66 1/2", Width 48", Depth 22", Washstand, Height 43", Width 48", Depth 22", Bedside cupboard Height 30 1/2", Width 15", Depth 14", Towel Rail Height 35", Length 29", Depth 8". Circa late 1860's/early 1870's. £POA.
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