Lot 77
GEORGE EDMUND STREET (1824-1881), COLLINSON & LOCK, LONDON (MAKER)
GOTHIC REVIVAL SIDE CHAIR, CIRCA 1880
Auction: Design Since 1860 Day One | Wed 14th October | Lots 1 to 245
Description
oak, with later upholstery on brass castors, paper retailer's label
Dimensions
45.5cm wide, 88.5cm high, 49.5cm deep
Provenance
Paul Shutler
Private Collection
Footnote
Literature: Edwards, C. Collinson & Lock: Art Furnishers, Interior Decorators and Designers, 1870-1900, Matador 2022, p.193, pl.4.186 where this chair is illustrated.
Note: Street designed these chairs for the Law Courts (now the Royal Courts of Justice) which he also designed, and which were opened by Queen Victoria in 1882.