Lot 569

ERNEST GIMSON (1864-1919) AND ERNEST BARNSLEY (1863-1926)
GATE LEGGED TABLE, 1902










Auction: Day Two inc FL Griggs : A Cotswold Legacy | Lots 334 to 654 | Thursday 16th October from 10am
Description
oak
Dimensions
91cm diameter (open), 22cm deep (closed), 76.5cm high
Provenance
F.L. Griggs, and by family descent, see lot 549 for more details
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers A., Greensted M., Roscoe B. Ernest Gimson: Arts & Crafts Designer and Architect, Yale 2019, p. 102, pl. 99 where it is photographed in one of the three showrooms at Daneway House circa 1905.
This interesting table could be an early piece designed by Gimson with Ernest Barnsley. There is a design dated 31 August 1902 (The Wilson, Cheltenham, 1941.222.398) which bears very close similarity to the present lot and an early photo of the Daneway showroom in 1905 shows a similar table, possibly this example.
It may be that the table was acquired on Gimson's death as part of workshop stock, after Emily Gimson's death or at the Ernest Barnsley sale in 1966.









