Maple & Co.

[10] One of the suppliers that produced bedroom and dining cabinets for Maple was Harris Lebus, a prolific East End furniture manufacturer.

[11][13] In the hearing, Maple admitted to purchasing goods from about 1,000 shops that were located around Tottenham Court Road and the East End.

MAPLE & CO., 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, Tottenham Court Road, W.C., undertake, in both town and country, every description of Artistic Decorations, Parquet Flooring, Solid Oak Doors, Dadoes, &c., and complete House Furnishing.

The showrooms cover an area of more than five acres which will give some idea of the extent of the business carried on; but no adequate conception can be formed of the magnitude and variety of the stock without the intending purchaser pays a personal visit to the establishment”.

[citation needed] The Royal connection continued and in 1910, when Edward VII died, Maples were appointed 'Upholsters and Decorators to his majesty George V'.

The trade card is held as part of the John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History and shows an inscription reading 'Upholsterers and decorators by appointment to the late King George V'.

[17] Maples' clients also included the Russian emperor and kings of other countries in Europe as well as Siam (Thailand) and the Grand Vizier of Persia.

When John Maple arrived at the scene he told reporters that the collapse had caused around £10,000 worth of damage in addition to the £2,400 of destroyed furniture.

[20] Furthermore, in December 1871, a fire broke out in the store causing £45,000 worth of damage to buildings and stock which included 80 fine wardrobes.

After the end of World War II, a change in tastes and the cost manufacturing factors contributed to a decline in sales.

[28] Maple & Co. became one of the most fashionable brands in Victorian and Edwardian Britain and supplied furniture and interior decoration to a number of high status individuals, including various strains of royal families.