RICHARD (DICK) DREW RUSSELL (1903-1981) FOR GORDON RUSSELL LTD.
SET OF EIGHT 'COVENTRY CATHEDRAL' STACKING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1960
£1,008
Auction: Day Two | Lots 253 to 490 | Thursday 17th April from 10am
Description
oak (8)
Dimensions
53.5cm wide, 72cm high, 44.5cm deep
Footnote
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.