A Victorian Mahogany Edinburgh Made Table

A Victorian Mahogany made small circular table by John Taylor and Son. It has a well turned column with decorations. The tripod legs have hand carved decoration.

John Taylor and Sons antique furniture is always constructed to a high standard using the finest quality timbers and stylish designs. John Taylor who founded the business started as a cabinet maker in 1825 in West Thistle Street, Edinburgh. He then moved to the more prominent position of 109 to 10 Princes Street Edinburgh when his Son joined the business.  In the Victorian period of 1852 John Taylor and Son were appointed ‘Cabinet makers and Upholsterers to Her Majesty the Queen’. Their Rosemount Cabinet Works at Gardner’s Court were established around 1857 and they continued trading from Princes Street until they went into liquidation in 1945. They were one of the largest cabinet makers in Scotland in the Late Victorian era, employing nearly 300 people.