Victorian Satinwood Bedroom Suite from Hampton & Sons, Set of 7

We are delighted to offer for auction this very rare original victorian satinwood bedroom suite by hampton & son’s of pall mall london. A very rare bedroom suite made by one of the great victorian furniture makers hampton & son’s of pall mall london. The suite is circa 1890, made from the finest satinwood available and with silver leaf painted detailing, each piece is stamped with the button label of hampton’s pall mall east london apart from the chair which has the hampton plaque on the underside the. Dimensions of each piece are below, the main wardrobe is very large, the wardrobe with drawers is actually very small and a tallboy size, the dressing table comes with a matching chair and stool we have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, the glass in the cherval mirror is lightly perished and aged as it’s the original plate, otherwise for me its in time warp condition hampton and sons were cabinet makers of antique furniture and were first established in ca. 1830 By william hampton. He opened his first shop selling general household to more fine furniture in cranbourn street, in london. In 1869 williams two sons george and william joined his business and they expended and moved to the larger premises 8 pall mall, london. Hampton and sons furnished some impressive properties and boats from the royal yacht britannia, the queen elizabeth and queen mary, the theatre royal of drury lane, the duke of york theatre, the dorchester and the mayfair hotels and the palaces of two indian princes, the nizam of hyderabad & the maharajah of kashmir. Hampton and sons had a few disasters throughout its history, it suffered a major fire in 1890 but they re-established and went to expand their business further. They bought several cabinet making firms starting with james coulson and co of lisburn, northern ireland in 1898, and then goodall, lamb and highway of king street, manchester and robson and sons ltd of newcastle-upon-tyne (all very prestigious cabinet makers throughout history). In 1926 hampton and sons opened a factory at ingate place, battersea but in 1940 a bomb hit the pall mall premises and most of the building was destroyed. Because of this they decided to buy a controlling interest in the firm of storey & co ltd of kensington high street where they established their new headquarters. Hampton and sons did make some real quality pieces of antique furniture, so if you purchase a piece with their stamp you know you will have a quality items that will last a lifetime if cared for correctly. Dressing table. Dimensions: height 154 cm width 110 cm depth 55 cm legroom height 56 cm width 69 cm tallboy cabinet with drawers. Dimensions: height 123 cm width 61 cm depth 43.5 cm large double wardrobe. Dimensions: height 191 cm width 124 cm depth 49 cm cheval mirror. Dimensions: height 159 cm width 55.5 cm depth 45 cm chair. Dimensions height 93 cm width 43 cm depth 43 cm bedside table. Dimensions height 76 cm width 38.5 cm depth 38.5 cm stool. Dimensions height 45.5 cm width 53.5 cm depth 39 cm