Vintage sideboard designed by the English company Elliots of Newbury. Made of teak, it dates from the 1960s.
Found in England in the city of Brighton.
Composed of 3 drawers, a lower hinged door and 2 hinged doors which each open onto a shelf.
The tabletop has been sanded and varnished.
Pretty spindle feet.
Publisher: EON Elliots of Newbury
Era: 1960s
Origin: England - Brighton
Materials: Teak
Color: Wood
Style: Vintage , Scandinavian
Function: 3 drawers, a lower hinged door and 2 hinged doors that open onto a shelf.
Foot type: Spindle
Restoration: Tabletop sanded and varnished
Noteworthy detail: Signs of age, see photos
Dimensions: H75.5cm x L185.5cm x D47cm
Elliots of Newbury teak sideboard
Samuel Elliott founded a building company in Newbury in the late 1850s . He transformed this company into a highly specialized joinery and moulding factory, taking over his grandfather's business upon the latter's death.
In the 1870s, the company carried out high-quality wood carving, molding, and joinery work for the fitting out of churches, banks, country houses, and other important buildings.
During the First World War, the company produced over 200,000 crates of ammunition using a workforce that was 90% female. After the war, the company returned to its usual market of furniture manufacturing, particularly bedroom and dining room sets. When war broke out again in 1939, Elliotts produced components for aircraft, including the Supermarine Spitfire, the Tiger Moth, the De Havilland Mosquito, the Airspeed Oxford, and the Airspeed Horsa Glider. Elliotts built a third of Horsa's total production and constructed a large proportion of the large troop-carrying gliders used in the D-Day landings.
At the end of the war, the company manufactured complete units for prefabricated houses that were installed throughout the country. In 1945, the company had hoped to resume furniture manufacturing, but it was not authorized by the Chamber of Commerce. It therefore began manufacturing sport gliders, notably the Olympia, which proved very successful in competitions and were intended for export. Elliotts also designed a light aircraft, the Newbury Eon, but it did not enter production.
In 1948, furniture manufacturing resumed and the company was chosen to exhibit at the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition. The company experienced financial difficulties in the 1970s and eventually merged with a furniture manufacturer in Wallingford in 1974. The company founded by Samuel Elliott continued as Samuel Elliott and Sons (Reading) Ltd.
