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Fine Victorian Mahogany Firescreen
The finest quality Victorian mahogany firescreen by W Bertram of Soho, London. Of excellent construction in solid mahogany with crisply carved scrolling detailing. Of generous proportions and with pull-out slides to each side and a raise up slide to the middle. Fitted with charming fabric inserts (one panel damaged to the rear-side, see photo). Otherwise, offered for sale in excellent original condition.
Dimensions:
Width 70cms
Depth 66cms
Height 115cms
Bertram, William Bertram and Son
London upholsterer, looking glass maker, carver, gilder and cabinet maker (fl.1839-1902)
The business was established in 1830. William Bertram was recorded in the Lord Chamberlain’s accounts in 1860 and listed in London Post Office Directories (1845 and 1871). From 1878 the business was listed as Bertram and Son at 100 and 101 Dean Street, Soho, as looking glass makers, carvers and gilders and cabinet makers. The 1902 London Post Office Directory recorded the firm as upholsterers at the Dean Street address, also 10 Newman Street, Oxford Street, and 3 and 4 Great Chapel Street.
The Furniture Gazette (1878-1884) recorded various exhibitions in which Bertram and Son participated. At the 1878 Paris Exhibition they displayed a chimney-piece and mirror after Chippendale for which they received an honourable mention [5 January and 28 September 1878] and wood carvings, illus.[ 28 December 1878]. They furnished some of the rooms at the Exhibition of the Domestic Electric Lighting Company at the Crystal Palace (1 April 1882). At the 1884 Exhibition of Furniture, Royal School of Needlework, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, the firm displayed Chippendale and Sheraton style antique furniture [23 February 1884]. The Furniture Gazette, 1 May 1888, recorded Bertram and Son supplying hatstands for the Strand District board room.
Other known pieces include a brass-inlaid mahogany kneehole desk in French style recorded in private collection with stamped name and address on edge of central drawer. A marquetry side cabinet with serpentine front, pair of drawers enclosing shelves, short ormolu-mounted cabriole legs, and inlaid on satinwood ground with urns, flowers and military trophies is also recorded. A small rosewood flap table with brass stringing is stamped ‘BERTRAM and SON DEAN ST. W.’ and bears a small printed label inscribed ‘BERTRAM and SON 100 and 101 Dean Street Oxford Street W. Upholsters and Cabinet Makers Established 1830’. A labelled dining chair is recorded from a set of eight in beech finished in cream and gold with a chinoiserie back panel (illus. Gilbert (1966), fig. 120 and 121).
Sources: DEFM Joy, ‘The Royal Victorian Furniture-Makers, 1837-87’, The Burlington Magazine (November 1969) Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (1996). If you would like to view this item please contact us. We can arrange delivery to any part of the UK at a reasonable cost. We can also arrange delivery worldwide. Please feel free to contact us about your requirements or any help in general.
Camden Antiques
units 20 & 19
The vinery
Poling
West Sussex
BN189PY
07887503904
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Dimensions:
Width 70cms
Depth 66cms
Height 115cms
Bertram, William Bertram and Son
London upholsterer, looking glass maker, carver, gilder and cabinet maker (fl.1839-1902)
The business was established in 1830. William Bertram was recorded in the Lord Chamberlain’s accounts in 1860 and listed in London Post Office Directories (1845 and 1871). From 1878 the business was listed as Bertram and Son at 100 and 101 Dean Street, Soho, as looking glass makers, carvers and gilders and cabinet makers. The 1902 London Post Office Directory recorded the firm as upholsterers at the Dean Street address, also 10 Newman Street, Oxford Street, and 3 and 4 Great Chapel Street.
The Furniture Gazette (1878-1884) recorded various exhibitions in which Bertram and Son participated. At the 1878 Paris Exhibition they displayed a chimney-piece and mirror after Chippendale for which they received an honourable mention [5 January and 28 September 1878] and wood carvings, illus.[ 28 December 1878]. They furnished some of the rooms at the Exhibition of the Domestic Electric Lighting Company at the Crystal Palace (1 April 1882). At the 1884 Exhibition of Furniture, Royal School of Needlework, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, the firm displayed Chippendale and Sheraton style antique furniture [23 February 1884]. The Furniture Gazette, 1 May 1888, recorded Bertram and Son supplying hatstands for the Strand District board room.
Other known pieces include a brass-inlaid mahogany kneehole desk in French style recorded in private collection with stamped name and address on edge of central drawer. A marquetry side cabinet with serpentine front, pair of drawers enclosing shelves, short ormolu-mounted cabriole legs, and inlaid on satinwood ground with urns, flowers and military trophies is also recorded. A small rosewood flap table with brass stringing is stamped ‘BERTRAM and SON DEAN ST. W.’ and bears a small printed label inscribed ‘BERTRAM and SON 100 and 101 Dean Street Oxford Street W. Upholsters and Cabinet Makers Established 1830’. A labelled dining chair is recorded from a set of eight in beech finished in cream and gold with a chinoiserie back panel (illus. Gilbert (1966), fig. 120 and 121).
Sources: DEFM Joy, ‘The Royal Victorian Furniture-Makers, 1837-87’, The Burlington Magazine (November 1969) Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (1996). If you would like to view this item please contact us. We can arrange delivery to any part of the UK at a reasonable cost. We can also arrange delivery worldwide. Please feel free to contact us about your requirements or any help in general.
Camden Antiques
units 20 & 19
The vinery
Poling
West Sussex
BN189PY
07887503904
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 30/APR/2025. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
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Date 1870
Mid Victorian Antiques Material Mahogany
Origin English
Item code as402a3968 / 18266
Status Sold
£675.00 
$901.53 
€793.06 
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