Lot 42
GERALD SUMMERS (BRITISH 1899-1967) FOR MAKERS OF SIMPLE FURNITURE
'ADN' DINING TABLE, c.1934
Auction: 30 October from 10:00 GMT
Description
cream painted plywood and linoleum top
Dimensions
74cm high, 125cm diameter (29 1/8in high, 49 ¼in diameter)
Provenance
Acquired by Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst, probably directly for Dartington Hall, c. 1934–35. An archival photograph dating from around 1935 shows the table and chairs in the school’s Chekhov Theatre.
The Dartington Hall Trust, Devon.
Footnote
Literature:
Deese, Martha, Gerald Summers & Marjorie Butcher: Makers of Simple Furniture 1931-1940, Hatje Cantz Verlag Berlin, 2024, pp.128-9, fig.5.4, illustrated in the Chekhov Theatre Studio, Dartington Hall, c.1935.
