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A rare Tunbridge Ware cabinet by John Robinson veneered in gonzalo alves, also known as zebra wood. The exterior is inlaid with diamond shaped panels of foreign and native woods on the sides, top and both doors. It opens to reveal six graduated drawers fitted with original silver plated drop-ring handles. The whole interior is veneered in unpolished cedar wood. One drawer has a label 'From Robinson's Manufactory, No. 53 Piccadilly and Tunbridge Wells'.
Circa 1798.
John Robinson is the only maker known to have traded both in Tunbridge Wells and London. It is likely that he was in Tunbridge Wells from as early as 1792 and remained until 1809. During that time he used the printing services of the Tunbridge Wells' printer, Jasper Sprange, to provide handbills to advertise his wares. Proofs of these are now in the Tunbridge Wells Museum Collection and provide important information about early Tunbridge Ware. Prior to the Piccadilly address Robinson was trading at 34 Duke Street, St James in 1795.
This is only the second example of Robinson's work that we have owned in thirty five years.
Dimensions
W 33cm D 17cm H 26cmStock number
W5983The BADA Standard
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