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                     ANTIQUE FURNITURE MAKERS: 
EDWARDS & ROBERTS 
 
DURING THE 18TH CENTURY, ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNISED FURNITURE 
MAKERS WAS EDWARDS AND ROBERTS. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1845 
AND THEY WERE TRADING AS 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS, 21 WARDOUR STREET, 
ANTIQUE AND MODERN CABINET MAKERS AND IMPORTERS OF ANCIENT 
FURNITURE' BY 1854. 
 
THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAIL PRODUCED SUPERB QUALITY ENGLISH 
FURNITURE AND USING SOME OF THE FINEST QUALITY TIMBERS, THEY 
BECAME ONE OF THE LEADING CABINET MAKERS DURING THE VICTORIAN 
PERIOD. AS WELL AS MAKING AND SELLING THEIR OWN FURNITURE, THEY 
ALSO RETAILED, RESTORED AND ADAPTED ANTIQUE FURNITURE, MAINLY 
ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE - THEY WERE SKILLED AT ADAPTING 
ANTIQUE FURNITURE TO SUIT MODERN NEEDS AND SPECIALISED IN 
MARQUETRY, INLAY AND ORMOLU. YOU CAN FIND MANY EXAMPLES OF 
EARLIER FURNITURE THAT BEARS THE STAMP 'EDWARDS & ROBERTS', 
ALTHOUGH IT WAS MADE IN AN EARLIER PERIOD, AND BE ASSURED THAT 
THEY ONLY STAMPED FURNITURE THAT WAS WORTHY OF THEIR GREAT NAME. 
BY 1892, THEY HAD EXPANDED INTO AROUND A DOZEN BUILDINGS IN 
WARDOUR STREET, WHICH MADE WARDOUR STREET AN FURNITURE RETAIL 
ARE IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE COMPANY CEASED 
TRADING IN 1899. 
 
 
Antique wardobes from Kernow Furniture 
 
 
WE HAVE A STUNNING VICTORIAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT ANTIQUE BEDROOM 
SET ONLINE NOW. COMPRISING OF A HIGH QUALITY ASH ANTIQUE WARDROBE, 
DRESSING TABLE AND ANTIQUE CHEST OF DRAWERS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE 
TO PURCHASE SEPARATELY. 
 
 
 
Antique dressing tables from Kernow Furniture 
 
                                         
                              Antique chest of drawers from Kernow Furniture