£8,750
The Minoprio Collection: British Design in the Arts & Crafts Tradition | 669
Auction: 11 January 2022 at 14:00 GMT
walnut and yew, with sewn parchment shade
Provenance:
With Liberty & Co., Regent Street, London
John Minoprio
Note: Having served in the Second World War, Hugh Birkett spent a short time at Birmingham School of Furniture before working with Oliver Morel and then Edward Gardiner. In 1949 he set up on his own making domestic and church furniture. Birkett was influenced by the work of Ernest Gimson and moved to Moreton-in-Marsh in 1966 where he mainly worked undertaking commissions.