Yola Gray Antiques

Description

This is a fine quality antique English Regency Canterbury, constructed from rosewood, featuring scroll fretwork panels, with detachable legs, circa 1830, in excellent original condition.

Summary:
• Item: Regency Canterbury
• Circa: 1830
• Period: Regency
• Provenance: England, UK
• Wood: Rosewood
• Carved scroll front panel
• Shaped Pierced fretwork panel dividers
• Ring-turned bars
• Three compartments
• Hand-dovetailed mahogany lined drawer
• Original turned mahogany drawer knob
• Original detachable threaded baluster legs
• Original brass collars & castors
• Stunning quality
• Original polish & patination
• Excellent original condition
• Solid in joint
• Free delivery to mainland England, Wales & Southern Scotland
• 14-day free UK returns policy

Description:
This is a fine quality antique English Regency Canterbury, constructed from rosewood, featuring scroll fretwork panels, with detachable legs, circa 1830, in excellent original condition. Originally designed to store sheet music papers, it makes a wonderful modern storage rack / caddy, for stowing magazines, newspapers and books. The front of the rosewood Canterbury is decorated with an elegant carved scroll panel, divided into three compartments, by four pierced shaped dividers, which reflect the shape of the front panel. The divides are secured by fine ring-turned horizontal spindles. The compartments are ideal for storing magazines, newspapers or music sheets. Below is a moulded base, featuring a single drawer, constructed with hand-dovetailed drawer linings whilst retaining its original drawer knob. The Regency Canterbury is raised on its original baluster shaped turned rosewood legs, retaining the original quality brass castor collars and wheels. A sign of the quality of this Regency Canterbury, is the fact the legs were designed to be removed for storage or transportation, with the incorporation of rosewood threaded dowels. The rosewood Canterbury has been constructed from the finest rosewood timbers. During the Regency period, England was importing the best quality materials from around the globe, to construct its furniture.

This Regency Canterbury boasts a gorgeous mellow colour It has a fantastic colour and patination, which can only be achieved through age and years of care and cleaning it has received.

This antique storage caddy would look great in the living room, hallway or bedroom of any home in either a contemporary or traditional settings. It is a useful piece of furniture for magazines, paper or sheet music storage. This antique storage box would complement any home, so don’t miss out on your chance to own a lovely piece of furniture.

Dimensions:
Height = 50cm / 19¾” / 1ft 7¾”
Width = 51cm / 20 ⅛” / 1ft 8⅛”
Depth = 40cm / 15¾” / 1ft 3¾”
Partition Height = 20.5cm / 8⅛”
Partition Depth = 22cm / 8⅞”

Condition Report:
This is a fine quality antique English Regency Canterbury, constructed from rosewood, featuring scroll fretwork panels, with detachable legs, circa 1830, in excellent original condition. Nominal old use marks to the leading edges but nothing significant considering the age of the item. The Canterbury has a fantastic colour and patination having been cleaned and professionally French polished by hand in our workshop. The panels are complete, with no missing sections or brakes. The drawer retains the original mahogany knob and original mahogany drawer linings, displaying fine hand dovetailing. The Regency Canterbury is raised on its original baluster shaped turned rosewood legs, retaining the original quality brass castor collars and wheels. This storage box has been constructed from the finest materials it is solid in joint and ready to use.

Price:
The price for this item is £895, which includes free delivery to mainland England, Wales & southern Scotland and 14-day free UK returns.

Customer Service:
We offer customer satisfaction through the following services:
• Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland
• 14-Day free UK Returns
• Full money back assurance
• Worldwide shipping
• Full insurance of items in transit

Further Information:
For more information or photographs please email or call Yola Gray Antiques.

Office: 01829 458 070
Julian: 07960 738 212
Yola: 07971 882 567

Customers outside the UK should call:

Office: 00 44 1829 458 070
Julian: 00 44 7960 738 212
Yola: 00 44 7971 882 567

Email: info@yolagray.com

Free UK Delivery:
We offer free delivery to mainland England, Wales, and Southern Scotland (anywhere south of Stirling). We do not offer free delivery to locations north of Stirling in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or any British Islands off the mainland for example, the Isle of Man, Isle of White and Channel Islands. If you live in one of the areas where we do not offer free delivery, please contact us for a delivery quote before purchasing the item. Delivery will be made by our specialised antique furniture delivery service, or in some cases we will use a courier service for distant deliveries.

Delivery times are usually 1-4 weeks depending on location we aim to deliver the majority of items within 2 weeks. All items are professionally packaged and fully insured in transit therefore, we can assure you, your items will be securely protected in transit and arrive safely with you.

Once you have purchased an item, we will contact you by email and/or telephone and provide you with a provisional delivery date, in order for you to confirm if it is suitable for you. Once you have confirmed you can accept delivery on the provisional delivery date, we will book the delivery in with our shippers and it then becomes a confirmed delivery date.

We will also provide you with our shippers' contact details, in case you need to contact the driver on the day of delivery. It's helpful if you can provide us with both the landline and mobile telephone number, in case the driver cannot reach you on one of the numbers on the day of delivery, they can contact you on your alternative number.

In order to be able to offer you free delivery, it is based on a 1-man delivery only. For any large items that require 2 people to lift the item, we ask that you are available at the time of delivery to be able to give our shipper a lift off the van and into your house with the item. If you are not able to lift items yourself, we ask that you have someone on hand at the time of delivery to assist our shipper with lifting the item.

14-Day Free UK Returns & Refunds:
A 14-day free “no quibble” returns policy (from the date you receive the item) is available if you are not happy with this item. We will collect the item free of charge from you (we do not charge a return fee / collection fee). You will be given a full refund as long as the item is returned in the same condition. We will collect returns using our own specialist furniture delivery company. We will not accept returns via a courier service (due to experience of damaged items in transit). This refund policy only applies to deliveries to the UK.

UK Buyer Payment:
For UK buyers, we accept cash on collection or delivery cheque, credit card, BACS (free bank to bank transfer) or PayPal. Payment is requested within 5 days of the sale. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered.

International Buyers:
If you live outside the UK and you would like to purchase this item, please contact us before purchasing it, so that we can obtain an accurate shipping quote and delivery lead-time. The shipping quote provided is a global estimate only. The actual shipping cost will vary by country and postcode. We ask that you have a minimum feedback score of 50 to buy this item. Due to the distances and costs involved with shipping outside the UK, a returns policy is therefore not available for international buyers. Before placing your order(s) please make sure this is the item for you. We request payment by bank transfer (we do not accept payment via PayPal, credit or debit cards for international purchases). Payment is requested within 10 days of the purchase. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered to our shippers. The advertised price of the item does not include the shipping cost, sales tax, import duty or custom fees.

About the Seller:
This item is being sold by Yola Gray Antiques who is an accredited member of LAPADA (the UK’s largest Trade Association of Professional Art and Antique Dealers) and CINOA. CINOA is the world association of Art & Antique dealer associations. All LAPADA & CINOA members abide by their strict code of practice by adhering to reputable standards of quality, expertise and integrity.

Yola Gray has dealt in fine art and antique furniture for over 45 years. Yola Gray has a special interest in colonial furniture, specifically antique four poster beds. Yola Gray also provides a variety of fine English antique furniture, art and fabrics to clients in the UK, Europe and further afield.

Please visit the Yola Gray website at for further items and information.

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