Lot 418
SIR FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956)
OAK ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1930
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
Auction: 25 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
with scroll-carved top rail above single splat and drop-in seat enclosed by chamfered open arms raised on square legs linked by corresponding chamfered stretchers
Dimensions
59cm wide, 78cm high, 46cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Leeds Museums and Galleries 'Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956', 2006 exhibition catalogue, 2006, p.149 showing a similar chair in situ.
Andrews, John 'Arts & Crafts Furniture', Antique Collectors Club, 2005, p. 201, plate 216
Note: This armchair was designed by Brangwyn for the Salle Jacques Cartier of the Canadian Pacific liner SS Empress of Britain, and made by H.H. Martyn & Co., Cheltenham in 1930. The ship was launched by Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII) in 1931.