Lot 356

John Moyr Smith (1839-1912) An Aesthetic Movement ebonised sideboard,

Auction: 2 November 2005 at 11:00 GMT
£1,912
Description
for Cox and Sons, with gilded incised decoration, the ledge back with castellated uprights the rectangular top above a single drawer and two cupboard doors below, painted with a Jester and a Nobleman, reading, flanked bt two glazed doors enclosing shelves, the sides set with panels painted with lattice motifs, enclosed by birds, flowering plants, animals and insects, the whole raised on fluted uprights with turned feet
Dimensions
182cm, 120cm high, 50cm deep
Footnote
Literature; Annamarie Stapleton 'John Moyr Smith1839-1912: A Victorian Designer', pub. Richard Dennis 2002
