Antique French Wardrobe with Mirrored Door from Mellier & Co

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Antique fully stamped Mellier & Co made, George Hilton & Son’s retailed Anglo French Shabby Chic wardrobe which is part … Read more Antique fully stamped Mellier & Co made, George Hilton & Son’s retailed Anglo French Shabby Chic wardrobe which is part of a set I have the matching, Dressing table listed under my other items. Mellier & Co Operating from premises located at 60 Margaret street and Cavendish square, London, the Anglo-French firm of Mellier & Co. is recorded as having taken over the family business of Monbro when the latter ceased trading in the 1880s (see C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1981, p.40). They were amongst the English manufacturers who exhibited at the 1904 St Louis International Exhibition George Hilton & Sons George Hilton & Sons was a business in Haywards Heath for over a century, starting as an upholstery, cabinet makers and house furnishers in 1882, the family company developed to include removals and warehousing, an undertakers, and became Hiltons Department Store 100 years later in 1982 This wardrobe is where it all began, the massive boom that was shabby chic originated with Mellier & Co, you will see millions of pieces and reproduction French painted furniture for sale all over the world and just one of these Condition wise it is antique with period paint which has distressed and aged in places, there will age and use related patina marks all over. Dimensions Height:- 234.5cm Width:- 119cm Depth:- 73cm This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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