Lot 220

EDWARD BARNSLEY (1900-1987)
DRESSER, CIRCA 1935





Auction: Day One | Lots 1 to 229 | Wed 15th April 2026 from 10am
Description
oak and walnut, with patinated brass handles, probably by Alfred or Norman Bucknell
Dimensions
141cm high, 164.5cm wide, 54cm deep
Provenance
Herbert and Molly Simon, and by descent
With The Fine Art Society, London
John Minoprio
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh 'The Minoprio Collection', 11 January 2022, lot 24
Hugo Burge Collection
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers, A. Edward Barnsley and his Workshop, 1992, p.43, fig. 16 where a similar Cotswold-style dresser of 1924 is illustrated.
Herbert Simon (1898-1974) was a friend to many artists, an industrial archaeologist and rail enthusiast who turned the Kynoch Press, Birmingham into one of Britain’s leading fine printing houses.
This dresser is being sold to support the Hugo Burge Foundation.





