Inlaid walnut bombé bureau-cabinet (1910 - 1911)

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Explore the elegance and meticulous craftsmanship captured in Edwin Foley’s 1910 painting titled "Inlaid Walnut Bombé Bureau-Cabinet." This watercolor work highlights a stunning piece of furniture, an exquisitely designed bureau-cabinet that harkens back to the opulent decorative styles of the early 20th century.The cabinet, set against a backdrop of delicately marbled grey walls and nestled within an arched alcove, draws the eye with its curved, bombé structure, richly adorned with intricate marquetry and inlays. The flourishing patterns and floral motifs on the bureau are rendered in warm walnut tones, interwoven with lighter shades that emphasize its ornate features. Above, the display cabinet opens to reveal shelves of fine china and collectibles, each object depicted with precise detail, suggesting a world of domestic luxury and refined taste.Foley's attention to shadow and light enhances the three-dimensional effect of the piece, imbuing it with a lifelike presence within the stately room setting. This painting not only showcases a piece of furniture but also captures a moment of artistic and cultural significance, reflecting the grandeur and aesthetics of its era.

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Author and illustrator of The Book of Decorative Furniture, published in 2 volumes by T. C. & E. C. Jack in 1910-11, which featured one hundred reproductions in full colour and one thousand text illustrations. The book went through a number of editions.

Almost nothing has been published about Foley other than that he was a Fellow of the institute of designers.

He was born Edwin John Foley in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, c.1859, the second child and eldest son of furniture manufacturer Arthur Foley of the Fisherton Cabinet Works, Salisbury, and his wife Jane. He was at least partly educated in London,  where he lived with his uncle and aunt, Peter and Rhoda Marie Brown.

He worked as a designer for his father from at least the early 1880s, but by 1891 was living in Charlotte Street, Marylebone, with his wife Louisa Maud (nee Hayford), whom he married in 1882. They had three children, Conrad Hayford (b. 1885), Hubert Edwin (b. 1887) and Alan Victor (b. 1888).

Edwin John Foley lived at 294 Camden Road, Middlesex, and died at Cottesloe, Western Australia, on 25 April 1912.

Many more pictures by Edwin Foley can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.