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<p>[QUOTE="Svenedin, post: 2356737, member: 15615"]Thank you all for your time and opinions. I am still of my original opinion that this is Edwardian era (1901-1910), give or take a few years. I also think that is likely to be by Maple and Co although I have found no maker’s marks. Post #3 links to a piece that is attributed to Maple and Co that has many similarities. I do not think it is earlier because the dovetails appear to me to be machine made. Maple and Co actually survived in some form until 1997 but the locks on my desk are Hobbs and Co and from what little information I can find they seem to have gone out of business or were taken over around WW1. I am lucky enough to have another pedestal desk that is Georgian. It is interesting that despite the fact that my Georgian desk is shabby it is immediately apparent that it is much earlier even when seen from the other side of the room. It is the proportions. Thank you for welcoming me to the forum and perhaps I’ll share some more pieces from my collection in due course. I grew up surrounded by antiques -my father was often at the auction rooms. I also had a Saturday job at an antique shop but that was a long time ago. In those days every piece that came in got “tarted up” with a fresh lick of French polish so often pieces look newer and fresher than they actually are. It’s the insides that tell the story -most customers buy with what they see outside. I am much more interested in the quality of construction and if the piece also looks beautiful that is a bonus. One must always be on guard for “mutton dressed as lamb”.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Svenedin, post: 2356737, member: 15615"]Thank you all for your time and opinions. I am still of my original opinion that this is Edwardian era (1901-1910), give or take a few years. I also think that is likely to be by Maple and Co although I have found no maker’s marks. Post #3 links to a piece that is attributed to Maple and Co that has many similarities. I do not think it is earlier because the dovetails appear to me to be machine made. Maple and Co actually survived in some form until 1997 but the locks on my desk are Hobbs and Co and from what little information I can find they seem to have gone out of business or were taken over around WW1. I am lucky enough to have another pedestal desk that is Georgian. It is interesting that despite the fact that my Georgian desk is shabby it is immediately apparent that it is much earlier even when seen from the other side of the room. It is the proportions. Thank you for welcoming me to the forum and perhaps I’ll share some more pieces from my collection in due course. I grew up surrounded by antiques -my father was often at the auction rooms. I also had a Saturday job at an antique shop but that was a long time ago. In those days every piece that came in got “tarted up” with a fresh lick of French polish so often pieces look newer and fresher than they actually are. It’s the insides that tell the story -most customers buy with what they see outside. I am much more interested in the quality of construction and if the piece also looks beautiful that is a bonus. One must always be on guard for “mutton dressed as lamb”.[/QUOTE]
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