Lot 492
ATTRIBUTED TO PETER WAALS (1870-1937), AFTER ERNEST GIMSON
PAIR OF ARTS & CRAFTS SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1930
Auction: Design Since 1860 Day Two | Thurs 15th October | Lots 246 to 524
Description
walnut, with drop-in rush seats (2)
Dimensions
48cm wide, 89cm high, 45cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Cooper, J. Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, London, 1987, p. 204, pl. 542 which illustrated a similar chair designed by Gimson.
See Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh Makers & Creators, 19th March 2025, Lot 284, where a related chair with holly and ebony beaded inlay was inscribed to reverse of seat rail DESIGNED ERNEST GIMSON/ MADE PERCY BURCHETT/ 1929 IN WORKSHOPS OF / PETER WAALS and P. WAALS/ CHALFORD/ 1931/ P. H. BURCHETT, CRAFTSMAN