Lot 373
A fumed oak and inlaid armchair
Auction: 24 April 2001 at 12:00 BST
£2,243
Description
by William Birch & Co, High Wycombe, designed by E G Punnett, the arched back inset with walnut and ebony Art Nouveau stem motif and two rush pads, the broad open arms above a rush seat above shaped apron, the whole raised on stave supports linked by stretchers
85cm high,
Footnote
E G Punnett moved to William Birch from J S Henry in 1901. Birch made furniture to Punnett's designs for Liberty & Co, and his name appears on several sketched sheets dated March - November 1901.
cf. Christopher Gilbert; Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, published NACF 1978, page 111 and 112