PHILIP TILDEN (BRITISH 1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH 1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON
'148' REFECTORY TABLE, 1922-1925
£3,780
Auction: 25 January 2023 from 10:00 GMT
Description
oak
Dimensions
198cm (78in) long, 75.5cm (29 3/4in) high, 88.5cm (34 3/4in) deep
Footnote
Literature: Heal, Oliver S. 'Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939', Unicorn, 2014, p.210 where a similar example is illustrated.
Note: Winston Churchill employed Philip Tilden in the 1920s as chief architect for the renovation of Chartwell in Kent, Churchill's weekend residence. He designed this table for the house with Ambrose Heal which then became a standard table '148' in the Heals' range.