Lot 556

ERNEST GIMSON (1864-1919) (DESIGNER) PETER WAALS (1870-1937) (ATTRIBUTED MAKER)
ARTS & CRAFTS DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1920






Auction: Design Since 1860 | 21 October 2021 From 10:00
Description
chestnut
Dimensions
148.5cm long, 74.5cm high, 80cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: From The Millinery Works Collection.
Footnote
Literature: Lethaby, W. R., Powell, Alfred H., Griggs, F.L. Ernest Gimson; his life & work, plate 30
Cheltenham Museum, 1941 222.413
Note: Tables of this design, with chip-carved detail to the table edge and apron, were supplied by Gimson to the agricultural reformer Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley (1864-1940) at Brandsby Hall, near York. Gimson produced variations of his designs in different woods and qualities of timber, depending on the wishes of his clients and what they could afford. Waals continued the Gimson tradition after his death, making furniture to his designs and acquiring the stock of seasoned timber and equipment from his executors.





