Lot 275

SIR AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959)
'FINE FEATHERS' OAK AND INLAID SIDE CHAIR, CIRCA 1898

Auction: 8 May 2013 at 12:00 BST
£1,000
Description
the serpentine top rail above back with shaped stretcher inlaid with pewter and specimen woods with a peacock, raised above drop in seat on square legs
Dimensions
104.5cm high
Footnote
Literature: White, Gleeson 'A Note on Simplicity of Design in Furniture for Bedrooms', 1898, pp.16&17, illustrated.
Note: The 'Fine Feathers' suite was so called as the pewter inlaid wardrobe bears the inscription FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS
