Lot 554
BETTY JOEL (1894-1985) FOR TOKEN FURNITURE
ANDOMAN PADOUK WOOD DRESSING TABLE, CIRCA 1926
Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
the top with inset glass preserve below a tall mirror with bevelled plate and light, the base with two short over one long drawer raised on tapered legs
Dimensions
121cm wide, 186cm high, 48cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Purchased directly from Betty Joel in 1926
By family descent
Note: The original receipt for this piece, dated October 14th 1926, states that 10% was added to the price for making up the pieces in 'Andoman Padouk'. Betty Joel set up her furniture making business in 1918 with her husband David Joel and initially has their workshops in factory at Hayling Island where these pieces would have been made. The firm rented a showroom at 177 Sloane Street in London. Such was the popularity of Joel’s designs that by 1929 the factory moved to bigger premises at Portsmouth. Many of England’s social and corporate elite commissioned her to design interiors and furniture for their homes and offices.