Lot 208
ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON
SIDE CHAIR, CIRCA 1875
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,200
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
Description
oak, with later close-nailed linen upholstery
Dimensions
51.5cm wide, 116cm high, 43cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Kirkland Museum, Denver, accession no. 2018.24.001 where a similar example is held, attributed to Christopher Dresser
Lyons H. Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer: 1834-1904, Woodbridge 2005, pp. 144 and 145
Note: Christopher Dresser designed furniture for Liberty's Anglo-Moresque range in the early 1880's, although these designs may have been originally destined for the Art Furnisher's Alliance, Dresser's ill-fated retailing project which collapsed into bankruptcy in 1883 and in which Arthur Liberty was an investor. The current chair with its distinctive turnings and five legs has been attributed as possibly part of this group of designs.
