Important Chairs and Seating
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Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851-1942), a very important oak chair, with an Art Nouveau floral back, 99cm high.
Mackmurdo's influence in Europe is recognised as having produced the earliest examples of Art Nouveau, particularly in the styling of a chair-back designed in 1882 and the title page for Wren's City Churches a year later. The present chair was designed for the head of Rainhill hospital St Helen's south Lancashire/Merseyside (now demolished), an institute for the mentally ill, as part of an interior scheme for his study. It was almost certainly designed and made only for this interior, unlike the earlier chair which was designed in 1882 and made and sold until 1888. It was originally thought this interior was designed by the Liverpool architect Edmund Rathbone whose brother, Harold Rathbone, founded the Della Robbia Pottery factory in 1894. A picture is shown in Jeremy Cooper's Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, p. 199, illus. 516, from the Bedford Lemere archive at the National Monuments Record, apparently credited as 'Rainhill, Edmund Rathbone'. But Edmund Rathbone was actually the Century Guild Representative in Liverpool at that time.
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M H Ballie Scott. An Arts and Crafts walnut armchair with central back splat and with stylized floral carved details, the overall triangular style united by triangular stretchers.
1900
Walnut
Dimensions: H 39', W 27', D 20'.
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I now have three pairs available or a set of six oak Gothic chairs designed by John Pollard Seddon and made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co) who were in Bond Street and supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) and 227 (a variation of this chair) and another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last 2 images). Circa 1860's.
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George Walton.
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A Gothic Revival oak armchair designed by John Pollard Seddon and made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co) who were in Bond Street and supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in JEREMY COOPERS Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) and 227 (a variation of this chair) and another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last two images).
Circa 1860's.
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A fine quality Anglo-Japanese settee possibly designed by E.W.Godwin with subtle Japanesque detailing to the back uprights, each arm that turn out in the Japanese style with finely carved foliate details to the upper fronts and fine turnings to the lower back and below the arms, on finely turned legs with high quality treble ribbed brass and ceramic castors.
Circa 1870's.
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A rare Arts and Crafts Walnut high back 'Philippines chair' designed by
George Walton. The back is 49" high a very elegant and such a refined chair and very good quality indeed. In the Philippine drawing room interior it is mentioned that here he is clear indications of the future and one can certainly see it in the maturity of design in this very elegant high back chair from Brasted in Kent a commission he worked on from 1902.
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Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865-1945), an oak back wing armchair upholstered in blue cut damask, the arm supports with chequered inlay panels, block feet. There are two armchairs identical to this one by M. H. Baillie Scott shown in 'Houses and Gardens', p. 298 and 299 in period pictures of a house Baillie Scott designed called The Garth.
Height 44". Depth 20 1/2", Width at arms 22 3/4" Height of arms 28 1/2", Height of seat 19 1/2".
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WR Lethaby. A very important oak chair.
Lethaby was one of the most influential architectural historians of the nineteenth century. Working as assistant to R Norman Shaw from 1879-90, where his designs and influence was drawn greatly from the Art Workers' Guild. He published books including Architecture, Mysticism and Myth, and later in 1894 The Church of Sancta Sophia, Constantinople: a study of Byzantine Building. Common of his works are the themes of religion, myth and architecture, combined.
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An important armchair designed by Frank Brangwyn. Brangwyn's last interior designs were for the Canadian Pacific Liner; 'The SS Empress of Britain', which was launched in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who renounced his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1930. These armchairs were designed for the 1st class dining room; 'The Salle Jacque Cartier' (see last image) and they were made by H.H. Martyn and Co. Cheltenham. The 1st class dining room was described as in the Bulletin of The Decorative Arts Society 1890 - 1940 as 'In the fully fledge modern restaurant and cinema style of the 1930's. The Studio in a long article on the liner, discusses and illustrates Brangwyn's Salle Jaques Cartier:'So architectual it is, so true proportion, so devoid of Extraneous ornement. In contrast to this austerity of line, hue and colour, his great wall paintings are rich in colour; composed in the bold, yet intricate pattern of figure, fruit and flowers that characterrises Mr Brangwyn's decorative works.
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A pair of armchairs attributed to Frank Brangwyn originally from a cruise ship or liner if not the same liner as above 'The SS Empress of Britain'. One can see that there is an intimacy between these pair of armchairs and the armchair above, and they also have a central under bar under the drop in seats identical to the above chair which would have had a bolt and eye as above in images 12 and 13 to secure the chain that would prevent the chairs from sliding in stormy weather and one retains it's ivorene numbered disc number 74, they also have the remains of what would have been rubberoid feet screwed to the bottom of each leg again to help them from sliding in heavy weather. These chairs share stylistic qualities with the famous armchair above. He also designed two private dining areas, the Salle Wolfe and Salle Montcalm.
These chairs retain the stay bars for securing them during heavy weather.
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Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956) designed for the 5th Secession Exhibition in 1899, an exceptional oak corner armchair. Octagonal arm supports, and following through to the egs. An identical chair was exhibited at the Tate, Liverpool, at the 'Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design, and Modern Life in Vienna 1900' exhibition, 30th May to 31st August 2008.
H 30'x W 25'x D 17'
c.1899
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IPS 27 and Designers and Makers 39
Thomas Edward Collcutt (1840-1924) for Collinson and Lock. a rosewood part drawing room suite, circa 1880, comprising: four side chairs, a high-back nursing chair and a low-back nursing chair, with ring-turned galleries, uprights and supports, original Paisley pattern silk brocade upholstery identical to those illustrated in the 1871 catalogue drawings, 102cm high and smaller, (6) See Gere, Charlotte and Whiteway, Michael 'Nineteeth-Century Design' London 1993, p. 283. Collcutt designed nearly all of the furniture in the Collinson and Lock catalogue of 1871 and John Moyr Smith drew all the illustrations.
For a similar example see Christies 9th November 2000, sale number 6394 Lot 16 which made £3055.
Circa 1871.
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An Egyptian Revival garden bench with Sphinx heads to the top and Sphinx wings and legs to the front and a pair of dragon like eagles face to face seperated by a Lotus Flower with a scroll style lower stretcher joining the legs.
Circa 1880.
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G.M.Ellwood and made by JS Henry.
A rare Satin Birch Arts and Crafts armchair with Pewter and Brass stylised floral inlay's to the top, tapering back with original fabric to the seat and the back with shaped arms united to tapering front legs with extended capped tops and kick out details to the lower back legs.
Circa 1900.
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An oak Gothic armchair designed by John Pollard Seddon, made by Dovestan Bird and Hull. There is no information on Doveston, Bird and Hull in Manchester but Edward Hull is known at 106 Kings St in 1877 and on July 2 1881 the company was incorporated as Doveston, Davey, Hull and Co Ltd. It is therefore difficult to date when these variations were made. Earlier versions of this armchair with animals carved to the arms were originally made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co) and often stamped T Seddon. New Bond St. The company also supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in Jeremy Coopers Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) and 227 (a solid ebony variation of this chair), another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83.
Seddon's partner at one point was E.W.Godwin a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites and some of his pupils were Ford Maddox Brown, C.F.A.Voysey and Daniel Gabriel Rossetti.
Circa 1860/70's.
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Another almost identical pair of oak Gothic Revival chairs designed by John Pollard Seddon and made by his family firm Thomas Seddon (Seddon and Co) in Bond Street and supplied furniture to Windsor castle and Buckingham Palace, founded by his Great Grandfather George Seddon. He exhibited an almost identical armchair on the Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co stand at the 1862 International Exhibition, illustrated in Jeremy Cooper's Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, page 104 illustration 220 (the original drawing) and 227 (a variation of this chair) and another version is also illustrated in Nineteenth Century Design by Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, page 84 illustration pl 83 (last two images).
I now have three pairs available or a set of six.
Circa 1860's.
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A monumental set of seventeen Morris and Co oak dining chairs consisting of two armchairs and fifteen dining chairs all with drop in seats. These chairs were designed in the offices of Richard Norman Shaw, probably designed by William. Lethaby. The whole set have been restored, each chair gently knocked apart, all the joints cleaned, glued, re assembled and clamped for 36 hours for the glue to set, then all cleaned and waxed, a few of the seventeen have been previously professionally re-upholstered in a quality leather.
I also have two more available which match but have upholstered seats not drop in seats like the rest. This pair could be converted to make up a set of nineteen if required.
Circa 1890.
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A rare and important Arts and Crafts oak armchair and matching side chair designed by George Montague Ellwood and made by J S Henry. These chairs were exhibited at The Dublin Museum Exhibition held in 1905. Last 2 images from British Furniture by Pauline Aguis.
Circa 1905.
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A rare Gothic Revival chair designed by Bruce Talbert made by Gillows of Lancaster, with pyramid tops and arched and turned back with inlaid dot decoration and through pegged construction, turned stretchers and front legs with brass and ceramic castors and wonderful kick out back legs.
Circa 1870.
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An Arts and Crafts armchair attributed to E.Punnet and made by William Birch with Mother of Pearl and Ebony stylised floral inlay. An identical version is illustrated in 'The Birch Design Ledger, illustration number and there is another example in the collection at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA).
1901.
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An Arts and Crafts oak settle designed by Edgar Wood of superior quality and design. A precision engineered architectural work of Art with 3 protruding through tenons to each side joining the seat to the impressive sensual organic elongated bird like details to the sides.
last image to the right taken from the "Special Summer Number of the Studio" "Modern, Domestic Architecture and Decoration 1901.
Length 6', Height 68", Depth 18".
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An important pair of Anglo-Japanese stools designed by Thomas Jeckyll and made by Gillows of Lancaster, each stamped Gillow 11439 and 11440, one signed in pencil and dated 1875.
See Christies South Kensington, Ken Hill, Snettisham, Norfolk, 13th September 1999, Lot 632.
Note: These stools formed part of a group of furniture designed by Thomas Jeckyll for the industrialist Edward Green and his wife Mary for their home The Old Hall, Heath, Yorkshire in the 1870s. The furniture was removed to Ken Hill when the Greens moved there in 1890.
The signature of F. Branscombe is thought to be that of the upholsterer.
Circa 1875.
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A rare pair of Gothic Revival dining chairs by J.G.Crace probably designed for Abney Hall (last image see Jeremy Coopers Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors page 53 Illustration 114). The head rails with solid Ebony carved florets the outer ones differing to the central one and double chamfered details which are used at all the back rest joints and at every corner below the seats with a double detail to the ends beneath each side seat rail and to the squares at the lower front legs a particular detail that has an attractive and functional purpose with wonderfully chamfered birds beak end details that stop and start on the classic H stretcher where they meet leaving a slightly chunkier part of the oak again for better strength of the joints and continuing to the back legs where they meet with a superb kick out detail. Retaining their original finish.
Circa 1857.
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A rare oak Arts and Crafts armchair with wonderful Ebony and Walnut inlay of a stylised Tulip. Designed by E.G.Punnet and made by William Birch for Liberty and Co.
Circa 1895.
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Morris & Co. A rare and exceptional, museum quality ebonised Sussex three seat settee.
This is by far the very best example of this type of Sussex settee I have ever seen, and I dare to say probably to ever come onto the market.
They were made in very small numbers and extremely rare to find in today's market. The condition is outstanding, no restorations in it's life and all of the joints are still as tight as when it was made, retaining it's original fine rush seat which is a joy to see, including all of it's original protector strips around the rush seat.
H 63", W 85 1/2", D 31".
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A very rare six leg cane seated armchair designed by R. Edis. It would seem that this chair may have been an experimental chair and although it follows closely Edis original four leg version it is quite a design achievement in it's overall form and very functional.
Circa 1880.
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A rare Glasgow School Art Nouveau armchair with a Mother of Pearl inlaid bird to the top rail and a fabulous back panel depicting an Art Nouveau maiden holding a bird and further inlaid Mother of Pearl birds to the front of the seat, this is a wonderful designed chair also with beautifully shaped front legs and generous curving arms and curved side stretchers.
Circa 1900.
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A good pair of Arts and Crafts chairs attributed to George Walton (see Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors by Jeremy Cooper page 233) with stylied fruitwood inlays in discs which have 3 elongated back splats in pyramid form, small upholstered panels to each top corner and square tapering legs.
Circa 1900.
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Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (1865-1945), a set of four oak ladderback armchairs, by J. P. White of Bedford, with re-rushed seats, one with metal label for the Pyghtle Works.
106cm high.
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Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) for the Guild of Handicraft, a beech ladderback armchair, with a re-rushed seat, 119cm high; and a single chair en suite. Designed for the dining room of the 'Magpie and Stump', Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, his family home from 1896. One can see the taller ladderback at the head of the table in a watercolour showing the dining room of his house. See Cooper, Jeremy 'Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors' London 1987, p. 200, illus. 522; Whiteway, Michael and Gere, Charlotte 'Nineteenth-Century Design' London 1993, p. 253, plate 319; and Andrews, John 'Arts and Crafts Furniture' Antique Collectors Club, p. 88, pl. 85.
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A Gothic Revival painted, carved and pierced oak side chair, possibly designed by William Burgess, with animal forms of an elephant and a mythical bird to the upright terminals, leather seat.
Height 106cm .
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A Gothic Revival chair designed by Bruce Talbert carved finials and stylised carved floral detail to the head rail flanked by carved rosettes and through pegged construction to the upper sides and superb a padded back and further carved details below to each lower corner with wonderful cloud shaped undertiers with circular through details and carved supports to the upper front legs with conforming circular through details and very stylish brass and ceramic castors with a superb kick out detail to the rear legs. Last two images of a very similar chair in Jeremy Coopers Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors Page 111 and page 85. Probably designed before Talbert published his book Gothic Forms applied to Furniture, Metalwork and Decoration For Domestic Purposes which was published in 1868.
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A rare Glasgow School oak and leather 'Abingdon' armchair with original leather designed by George
Walton. Here this design is quite radical, with large flat arms
which protrude out incorporating the back legs and upright supports quite far back giving the
chair a light and airy feel, the gentle tapering legs with 1/2 splayed feet gives this unique
design a wonderful balanced almost feminine feel yet the continuation below the seat of the
back supports giving it a subtle architectural feel and again an infusion of his own style
with Mackintosh's obsession with this type of chair-back detailing. See George Walton.
Designer and Architect by Karen Moon. Page 105 image attached and also see Arts and Crafts Furniture by John Andrews, Page 166.
The Abingdon chair I have for sale is now stripped of upholstery.
Circa 1900.
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A rare and important Arts and Crafts Glasgow School oak settle designed by George Walton one of two made for one of his earliest Kodak commissions at number 59, Brompton Rd, London. The pure Glasgow design is very complicated indeed and one can see Mackintosh's influence clearly in this piece which would have rubbed off on him while working with Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's tearooms. George Eastman was not happy that Walton had been brought in to design the top Kodak showrooms but Walton had conquered Davison and Davison never had any trouble squeezing the money out of Eastman to employ Walton's expertise and by the end of 1898 they had renamed his work for the showrooms to 'Kodak-oration, the decorative work of George Walton' and at that moment the name George Walton and the Eastman company were fused as one. 1900 was the peak of Walton's work for Kodak and the Brompton Rd commission was probably the best he achieved for Kodak alongside The Strand and Brussels showrooms. He also designed showrooms in Glasgow, Milan, Vienna, Leningrad and Moscow. See George Walton. Designer and Architect by Karen Moon. Page 81 and 82 (last two images)
Height 55", Width 60 1/4", Depth 16 1/4". Circa 1900.
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The Butterfly chair designed by E.A.Taylor and made by Wylie and Lochhead for the 1901 Pavilion Exhibition. An important documented work of Art with Mother of Pearl and Walnut inlaid Butterflies and stylised flower heads.
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Tutankhamun. An extremely rare pair of stunning 1920's Egyptian revival armchairs, a copy of the most spectacular of all the six chairs found in Tutankhamun's tomb. The original when found by Howard Carter was wrapped with sheets of gold and silver and then inlaid with an array of semi-precious stones, faience and coloured glass, which together were worked into a wealth of symbolic and decorative elements. Finely detailed lion's legs support the chair, while the arm panels take the form of winged uraei (or cobras) surmounted by the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Partially visible is the exquisitely rendered chair back, which depicts Queen Ankhesenamun anointing her husband beneath the life-giving rays of the sun disc.
Circa late 1920's.
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Phillip Webb for Morris and Co. Two important adjustable ebonised armchair's designed in 1866 with arched arms and legs united by bobbin turnings with adjustable back and bobbin turned stretchers on brass and ceramic castors. Upholstered in original Morris and Co double woven Bird fabric. These elegant timeless recliners were based on a design from an earlier traditional prototype found in the workshop of an old carpenter named Ephraim Colman in Herstmonceux, E. Sussex, in 1866 by George Warrington Taylor who was the business manager for Morris Marshall and Faulkner. He drew a sketch and wrote a description of the chair and sent it to Philip Webb who adapted it for production by Morris, Marshall and Faulkner 1861-1875. (The firm became Morris and Co in 1875). So rare to find one, a dream to find two. An icon of the 20th Century.
Circa 1866.
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Philip Webb (attributed) for Morris and
Co., an Aesthetic Movement
mahogany sofa, upholstered in ‘Bird’
fabric designed by William Morris.
Exhibited at the Liberty and Co. Exhibition,
June 2009, no. f13
Height 42" 107cm, Width 73" 185.5, Depth 26 1/2" 66cm.
Circa 1866-70's.
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A pair of quality Mahogany armchairs attributed to George Jack for Morris and Co with fabulous inlaid details through out, the style and quality of these armchairs are of a more traditional influence with an artistic feel which was used extensively by George Jack. His own work for Morris and Co is very much in the Sheraton Revivalist style.
Circa 1900.
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