Restored Victorian Pine Chest
Newly restored Victorian pine chest. Made in Edinburgh in 1873 by John Taylor & Son.
Restored last week but re-used original porcelain knobs.
47 inches wide
22 inches deep
43 inches high
Taylor, John, & Son
Edinburgh, Scotland; cabinet makers upholsterers, picture frame makers, carvers & gilders (fl.1825- c.1960)
Established as a wright and cabinet maker business in West Thistle Street, Edinburgh, c. 1825.
Directories first record him in 1826 as a wright with premises at 100 Rose Street. In 1834-35 he was noted as being a wright, picture framer and house factor. The Post Office Directory, 1850, listed J. Taylor & Son as cabinet and picture frame makers, carvers & gilders etc. at Assembly Rooms and 51 George Street.
The firm’s workshops moved to 109-10 Princes Street shortly after 1850 and in 1852 Taylor and Son were appointed ‘Cabinet-makers and Upholsterers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen at Edinburgh’. Their Rosemount Cabinet Works at Gardner’s Court opened c. 1857.
The firm exhibited a carved walnut sideboard at the London International Exhibition, 1862 (illus. Meyer (2006), p. 133) and a sideboard of pollard oak at the Dublin International Exhibition, 1865 (Section XXVI, exh. 725).
John Taylor & Son was listed as cabinet makers & upholsterers at 110 Prince’s Street in The Furniture Gazette Directory, 1876 & 1877. In 1884 the trustees for the late John Taylor withdrew their interest in the firm. Mr Thomas Grainger Taylor (the other partner) continued the business going into partnership with John Macrae, who had been connected the firm for many years; they traded under the old name of John Taylor & Son [The Furniture Gazette, 5 April 1884]. The firm regularly stamped their chairs on the underside of the rear seat rail. An Edinburgh pattern side chair with stamp, birch, made c. 1880, illus. Cotton (2020), p. 191
The firm participated in the Forestry International Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1884 with a carved sideboard - designed and manufactured by the firm expressly for the Exhibition - with walnut wood grown on the estate of Captain Mowbray R. N. of Otterston, Fifeshire. The tree, said to be about 300 years old, fell during a storm in 1879. They also exhibited a satinwood cabinet inlaid with amboynas, purplewood, Wedgwood plaques and ormolu, and a bedroom suite [The Furniture Gazette, 26 July 1884]. The firm was awarded a silver medal for their walnut furniture at the Exhibition [The Furniture Gazette, 20 September 1884]. It also received a diploma of honour for their tasteful display of a reception room and retiring rooms in the Women’s Industry Section and a bronze medal diploma for their furniture at the Edinburgh International Exhibition, 1886 [The Furniture Gazette, 1 December 1886].
The Furniture Gazette, 1 April 1887, recorded the firm as supplying two billiard tables to the new Liberal Club, 26 Howe Street, Edinburgh.
The Princes Street premises was retained until 1960s when the firm moved to West Newington Place. The company closed after takeover by Riley Burwar of Accrington in 1968.
Newly restored Victorian pine chest. Made in Edinburgh in 1873 by John Taylor & Son.
Restored last week but re-used original porcelain knobs.
47 inches wide
22 inches deep
43 inches high
Taylor, John, & Son
Edinburgh, Scotland; cabinet makers upholsterers, picture frame makers, carvers & gilders (fl.1825- c.1960)
Established as a wright and cabinet maker business in West Thistle Street, Edinburgh, c. 1825.
Directories first record him in 1826 as a wright with premises at 100 Rose Street. In 1834-35 he was noted as being a wright, picture framer and house factor. The Post Office Directory, 1850, listed J. Taylor & Son as cabinet and picture frame makers, carvers & gilders etc. at Assembly Rooms and 51 George Street.
The firm’s workshops moved to 109-10 Princes Street shortly after 1850 and in 1852 Taylor and Son were appointed ‘Cabinet-makers and Upholsterers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen at Edinburgh’. Their Rosemount Cabinet Works at Gardner’s Court opened c. 1857.
The firm exhibited a carved walnut sideboard at the London International Exhibition, 1862 (illus. Meyer (2006), p. 133) and a sideboard of pollard oak at the Dublin International Exhibition, 1865 (Section XXVI, exh. 725).
John Taylor & Son was listed as cabinet makers & upholsterers at 110 Prince’s Street in The Furniture Gazette Directory, 1876 & 1877. In 1884 the trustees for the late John Taylor withdrew their interest in the firm. Mr Thomas Grainger Taylor (the other partner) continued the business going into partnership with John Macrae, who had been connected the firm for many years; they traded under the old name of John Taylor & Son [The Furniture Gazette, 5 April 1884]. The firm regularly stamped their chairs on the underside of the rear seat rail. An Edinburgh pattern side chair with stamp, birch, made c. 1880, illus. Cotton (2020), p. 191
The firm participated in the Forestry International Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1884 with a carved sideboard - designed and manufactured by the firm expressly for the Exhibition - with walnut wood grown on the estate of Captain Mowbray R. N. of Otterston, Fifeshire. The tree, said to be about 300 years old, fell during a storm in 1879. They also exhibited a satinwood cabinet inlaid with amboynas, purplewood, Wedgwood plaques and ormolu, and a bedroom suite [The Furniture Gazette, 26 July 1884]. The firm was awarded a silver medal for their walnut furniture at the Exhibition [The Furniture Gazette, 20 September 1884]. It also received a diploma of honour for their tasteful display of a reception room and retiring rooms in the Women’s Industry Section and a bronze medal diploma for their furniture at the Edinburgh International Exhibition, 1886 [The Furniture Gazette, 1 December 1886].
The Furniture Gazette, 1 April 1887, recorded the firm as supplying two billiard tables to the new Liberal Club, 26 Howe Street, Edinburgh.
The Princes Street premises was retained until 1960s when the firm moved to West Newington Place. The company closed after takeover by Riley Burwar of Accrington in 1968.
Newly restored Victorian pine chest. Made in Edinburgh in 1873 by John Taylor & Son.
Restored last week but re-used original porcelain knobs.
47 inches wide
22 inches deep
43 inches high
Taylor, John, & Son
Edinburgh, Scotland; cabinet makers upholsterers, picture frame makers, carvers & gilders (fl.1825- c.1960)
Established as a wright and cabinet maker business in West Thistle Street, Edinburgh, c. 1825.
Directories first record him in 1826 as a wright with premises at 100 Rose Street. In 1834-35 he was noted as being a wright, picture framer and house factor. The Post Office Directory, 1850, listed J. Taylor & Son as cabinet and picture frame makers, carvers & gilders etc. at Assembly Rooms and 51 George Street.
The firm’s workshops moved to 109-10 Princes Street shortly after 1850 and in 1852 Taylor and Son were appointed ‘Cabinet-makers and Upholsterers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen at Edinburgh’. Their Rosemount Cabinet Works at Gardner’s Court opened c. 1857.
The firm exhibited a carved walnut sideboard at the London International Exhibition, 1862 (illus. Meyer (2006), p. 133) and a sideboard of pollard oak at the Dublin International Exhibition, 1865 (Section XXVI, exh. 725).
John Taylor & Son was listed as cabinet makers & upholsterers at 110 Prince’s Street in The Furniture Gazette Directory, 1876 & 1877. In 1884 the trustees for the late John Taylor withdrew their interest in the firm. Mr Thomas Grainger Taylor (the other partner) continued the business going into partnership with John Macrae, who had been connected the firm for many years; they traded under the old name of John Taylor & Son [The Furniture Gazette, 5 April 1884]. The firm regularly stamped their chairs on the underside of the rear seat rail. An Edinburgh pattern side chair with stamp, birch, made c. 1880, illus. Cotton (2020), p. 191
The firm participated in the Forestry International Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1884 with a carved sideboard - designed and manufactured by the firm expressly for the Exhibition - with walnut wood grown on the estate of Captain Mowbray R. N. of Otterston, Fifeshire. The tree, said to be about 300 years old, fell during a storm in 1879. They also exhibited a satinwood cabinet inlaid with amboynas, purplewood, Wedgwood plaques and ormolu, and a bedroom suite [The Furniture Gazette, 26 July 1884]. The firm was awarded a silver medal for their walnut furniture at the Exhibition [The Furniture Gazette, 20 September 1884]. It also received a diploma of honour for their tasteful display of a reception room and retiring rooms in the Women’s Industry Section and a bronze medal diploma for their furniture at the Edinburgh International Exhibition, 1886 [The Furniture Gazette, 1 December 1886].
The Furniture Gazette, 1 April 1887, recorded the firm as supplying two billiard tables to the new Liberal Club, 26 Howe Street, Edinburgh.
The Princes Street premises was retained until 1960s when the firm moved to West Newington Place. The company closed after takeover by Riley Burwar of Accrington in 1968.