
About the Artist
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).
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Psyché and bed of Napoleon the First (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Armoire in ebony with inlays of engraved brass and white metal (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved walnut darby and Joan settee (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved oaken stairway, Godinton (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

An early Virginian colonist’s parlour (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved gilt couch covered in rose brocade de Lyons (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Inlaid walnut bombé bureau-cabinet (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Circular table of various marbles, with chased gilt mounts (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)
More Illustrations in Book: The book of decorative furniture (View all 94)

Psyché and bed of Napoleon the First (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Armoire in ebony with inlays of engraved brass and white metal (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved walnut darby and Joan settee (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved oaken stairway, Godinton (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

An early Virginian colonist’s parlour (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved gilt couch covered in rose brocade de Lyons (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Inlaid walnut bombé bureau-cabinet (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Circular table of various marbles, with chased gilt mounts (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved oak dressoir–Louis XII. In the Musée Cluny, Paris. (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)

Carved enclosed mahogany bookcase–style of Chippendale (1910 - 1911)
Edwin Foley (English, 1859-1912)