SHAPLAND & PETTER, BARNSTAPLE
ARTS & CRAFTS OAK AND COPPER INLAID BEDROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1900
£6,000
Auction: 18 April 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
comprising a LARGE WARDROBE, the heart pierced ledge back above twin mirrored doors with copper hinges, flanked by two pedestals with projecting cornices and panelled doors inset with embossed copper panels, above one long and two short drawers, 194cm wide, 213cm high, 56cm deep; a DRESSING CHEST, the rectangular swing mirror with heart shaped piercing above an open shelf and supported by plank uprights inset with embossed copper panels, the rectangular top above two short over one long drawer, raised on plank supports, 106.5cm wide, 106cm high, 51cm deep; a WASH STAND, the superstructure with heart pierced brackets and open shelf enclosing a splash back panel set with floral and blue textured tiles, designed by Lewis F Day and made by Pilkington's Tiles & Pottery Co Ltd, Clifton, Lancashire, the rectangular top also tile inset, above twin doors with embossed copper panels, raised on plank supports, 129cm wide, 126cm high, 53cm deep; and a DOUBLE BED, the spindle filled head and foot boards inset with embossed copper panels, the headboard also inset with copper panel bearing the legend SLEEP GENTLE SLEEP NATURE'S SOFT NURSE, 163cm wide, 213cm long, 161cm high (4)
Footnote
Literature: Hansen, Joan Maria 'Lewis Foreman Day', Woodbridge 2007, page 194, fig. 6.48 for tile example.