Lot 259
MANNER OF KENTON & CO. Y
WORK BOX ON STAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One inc Contents from a London Apartment | Lots 197 to 333 | Wednesday 15th October
Description
rosewood, with patinated brass fitting, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior, with further void below
Dimensions
41.2cm wide, 67cm high, 41.2cm deep
Provenance
Private collection, London
Footnote
Although unmarked this small and unusual workbox and stand demonstrates similarities to furniture made by the short-lived firm Kenton and Co. in the early 1890s. The firm was made up of a partnership of designers and architects including Mervyn Macartney, Sidney Barnsley, Reginald Blomfield, William Lethaby, Ernest Gimson, Stephen Webb and Colonel Harold Esdaile Malet (a sleeping partner who ‘had taste and knew people’). It was formed in 1890 ‘with the object of designing, making and supplying furniture of excellent quality’.
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