AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON
RARE “THE COTTAGERS CHEST”, CIRCA 1898
£4,000
Hints on Household Taste : Paul Reeves
Auction: 28 June 2022 from 11:00 BST
Description
pine, with original painted finish
Dimensions
106.5cm wide 144.5cm high 50cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Whiteway, Michael and Gere, Charlotte Nineteenth Century Design: From Pugin to Mackintosh, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993, p.235, pl. 298 illus.
Aslin E. 19th Century English Furniture, Faber & Faber 1962, pl. 114, illus.
Cooper, Jeremy Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors: From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau, Abbeville Press, 1987, pl. 420.
Note: The influence of Ford Madox Brown’s stained joiner furniture in simple shapes, which he designed for William Morris in 1887, is evident in this early piece by Heal.