£3,500
The Minoprio Collection: British Design in the Arts & Crafts Tradition | 669
Auction: 11 January 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Indian Padouk, with sycamore inlay, stamped to base BARNSLEY
Provenance:
Commissioned from Edward Barnsley by John Minoprio
Note: The elegant base for this type of table was a collaboration between Edward Barnsley and the engineer Demetrius Comino. Comino developed the 'Dexion Slotted-Angle' in 1947, which introduced the world to adjustable storage and would go on to form the basis for Dexion's purpose-built pallet racking and shelving systems. The brief was to come up with a table with a central column that was elegant and extremely strong and stable. The lamination of the timbers assists with this aim and reflects the new manufacturing technologies which the workshop team introduced after the war. The cabinetmaker for this table was assistant Hugh Routh, under foreman Herbert Upton