Lot 274
STANLEY WEBB DAVIES (1894–1978)
ASH KITCHEN TABLE, 1920'S
Auction: 16 April 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
the rectangular top with rounded angles above two through drawers with plain fronts on double square section chamfered supports to each end, linked by a stretcher with exposed tenons
Dimensions
135.5cm long, 77cm high, 74cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Stanley Webb Davies, Gatesbield, Windermere
John Smyth Antiques, Kendal
Private Collection
Note: After university Stanley Davies joined the family mill business, but decided to further his talent for woodworking with an apprenticeship under the acclaimed Cotswold School designer Romney Green.
In 1923, Davies started his own Arts & Crafts furniture company in Cumbria, building a house and workshop near Windermere, which he called “Gatesbield”, meaning a shelter for small animals. Most of his furniture was made here, and the manufacturing process adhered strictly to Arts & Crafts principals. Characteristic features of his tables include rounded angles and exposed tenons, as in the current example which he made for his own use in the kitchen at Gatesbield.