RICHARD (DICK) DREW RUSSELL (1903-1981) FOR GORDON RUSSELL LTD.
SET OF SIX 'COVENTRY CATHEDRAL' OAK STACKING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1960
£500
Auction: 31 October 2018 at 11:00 GMT
Description
each with broad back rails on dished seats and rectangular legs (6)
Dimensions
54cm wide, 72cm high, 38cm deep
Footnote
Note: Coventry Cathedral (also called St Michael’s Cathedral) was lost on 14 November 1940 in a World War Two bombing raid. A new cathedral designed by Basil Spence was commissioned in 1950, built on an adjacent site and consecrated on 25 May 1962.
Among the many art and design commissions within the new cathedral were a tapestry by Graham Sutherland – which is still the largest in the world – sculpture by Jacob Epstein and chairs designed by Russell.