Maple Bedside Cabinet and Cedar Bed Head
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.
Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Edwardian walnut knee hole davenport desk with mirrored back, lift lid writing slope, drawers to the right side and drawer fronts to the left, 56 cm wide, 112 cm high
19th century Swat Valley dowry chest from North West Pakistan, with slide out door and ornate carving to front, 77 cm wide, 37.5 cm deep, 66 cm high
Antique French tiled top Art Nouveau nightstand, with painted decoration
South African pedestal desk with 7 drawers, on carved ball and claw feet, 137 cm wide, 74 cm deep, 76.5 cm high