Lot 109
CHARLES EASTLAKE (1836-1906) FOR HOLLAND & SONS
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT CHEST OF DRAWERS, CIRCA 1880
Auction: Design Since 1860 Day One | Wed 14th October | Lots 1 to 245
Description
mahogany, with brass handles, stamped to top drawer HOLLAND & SONS
Dimensions
114.5cm wide, 124cm high, 59.5cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Eastlake C. L., Hints on Household Taste, Longmans, Green & Co., 1878, p 215 where a similar chest is illustrated.
Cooper J., Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, Thames & Hudson 1998, pp.108-9, pl. 240
Eastlake was not a commercial designer and earned his living as Keeper of the National Gallery. Most of his designs were variants based on his published designs, as in the present example.