Floating 70s Teak Shelving by Beaver & Tapley

Simply stylish 70s Shelving - No DIY qualifications necessary !

These Beaver & Tapley floating wall shelves were part of an adjustable mid century system of matching cabinets and other storage units ( we only have the shelves shown in stock at the moment ). These shelves could have a variety of uses and functions in different rooms in the modern home, hopefully our photographs demonstrate some of these uses!

About the designers and manufacturers.

Beaver & Tapley was founded in London by Newman Richardson shortly before the end of the First World War - surprisingly there was never a Mr Beaver or a Mr Tapley, the name was created by Newman to sound as if the company was old and long established.

The way forward became clear when in 1960 Roger Richardson ( Newman’s son ) and the designer Robert Heritage visited the Cologne Exhibition, there they saw a Swedish range of cabinets and shelf systems supported by wall fixed wire ladders. They decided to do away with the constricting ladders, providing a fixing batten for each piece, making space saving furniture with complete freedom of arrangement.

The first wall fixed range known as Tapley SL ( SL for spirit level because
there was one in every batten ) was launched in 1961 and was available until 1978 when it was replaced by the 33 range. The shelves we have for sale are from the 33 range, photographs show the back of the shelf with its wall mounted fixing ( all screws will be supplied ).

A fantastic functional and adjustable mid century quality modular system, offering high-end British manufacturing with Scandinavian design influences.

We do have another listing that offers cabinets displayed in a similar modular system. They, along with these shelves, were all acquired from the same home and the teak colouring is therefore of similar shades; in our opinion, they would continue to all work well together. If the shelves and cabinets are purchased together, a discount would be given - just message us !

Measurements:-

Long shelf
Height 14 cm
Length 112 cm
Depth 24 cm from the wall
Shelf depth 21.5 cm

Small shelves
Height 14 cm
Length 56 cm
Depth 24 cm from the wall
Shelf depth 21.5 cm


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