Lot 196
ANDREW JOHN MILNE FOR HEAL & SONS LTD Y
DINING SUITE, c.1954
Auction: Day Two | Lots 100 to 527 | Fri 31 October from 10am
Description
comprising set of 10 chairs and matching dining table, rosewood, the seats upholstered in blue fabric
Dimensions
table: 82cm high, 319cm long, 104cm deep (32 ¼in high, 125 ½in long, 41in deep); chairs: 92cm high, 59cm wide, 50cm deep (36 ¼in high, 23 ¼in wide, 19 5/8in deep) (11)
Provenance
Purchased by the original owner from Heal's, London, 1954;
Christies, London, Interiors: Style & Spirit, 7 February 2012, lot 100, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Footnote
Literature:
Geoffrey & Richard Chamberlain, Austerity to Affluence: British Design 1945-1962, London, 1997, p. 29, cat. no.F51 (similar example illustrated).
Heal’s selected this chair from the suite to feature under the heading Chair Makers on the ceramic frieze of trade sign panels by John Farleigh, which ran across the façade of the Heal’s extension completed in 1962.
Note: Sold in compliance with CITES regulations, with (non-transferable) Transaction Specific Certificate no. 25GBA10WRCMCK. Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/