A pair of ormolu mounted ebonised cabinet after André Charles Boulle

A pair of ormolu mounted and brass inlaid ebonised cabinet after André Charles Boulle
Ebonised peer wood veneered, brass inlaid, chased and gilded bronze
Signed EDWARDS & ROBERTS / WARDOUR STREET, on the top of each door
Edward & Robert, established in London in 1845
London by 1860

The firm Edwards and Roberts were among the best English cabinet makers and retailers of the second half of the nineteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 in Wardour street. Unpublished notes by Pauline Agius (held in V&A departmental files) indicate that the firm was founded in 1828 by a Mr. Wood and became Edwards & Roberts in 1845. The 1854 Kelly’s Post Office Directory of London lists them as ‘Edwards and Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, ‘Antique and Modern Cabinet Makers and Importers of Ancient Furniture’. They produced high quality furniture of fine French style and in Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheraton styles. Their workmanship included furniture with satinwood marquetry and favoured the Georgian designs, and they were known for importing and restoring older pieces of antique furniture.