Chairs Page 4. By Morris & Co.
CH 70 - A pair of Morris & Co rush seated armchairs, designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They are at the rush mans being re-rushed at the mo, I will post more images soon . Circa 1880's.
Priced at £2500 the pair.
I do have pair of singles in stock below.
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CH 71 - A pair of Morris & Co chairs designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, matching the above pair of armchairs. Circa 1880's.
These are originally rush seated & can be re rushed to match above if required.
£950 the pair.
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CH 76 - THE SUSSEX RUSH-SEATED CHAIR Of all the specific minor improvements in common household objects due to Morris, the rush-bottomed Sussex chair perhaps takes the first place. It was not his own invention, but was copied with trifling improvements from an old chair of village manufacture in Sussex. With or without modification it has been taken up by all the modern manufacturer's and is in almost UNIVERSAL use. But the Morris pattern of the later type (there were two) still EXCELS all others in simplicity and elegance of proportion. "Life of William Morris" Prof.J.W.Macktail. An appendage to an advertisement post-1899. These commercial Hi-bred's, were adapted & re-invented, because most of the better quality items were only available for the up & coming then firmly established, middle classes. It was here that Morris tried & succeeded in selling a quality item to the masses & not just the affluent High Society & Wealthy Patrons, who were in the end the only people who could afford the incredulous skill of Morris, his enormous energy & equally skilled friends & collaborators. There was then, much more Superior quality in contemporary design (now Period Design) & much more choice, but only for the affluent middle classes & this was because the Industrial Revolution was expanding at an enormous rate, bringing with it wealth to the middle classes. How free Morris was 'an amazingly imaginative child', who followed a dream, with his circle of close friends & admirers which then became a living dream, created in their own world inspired from Medievalism & from King Arthur's time. He was the voice of social revolution on a crusade for Liberty, Equality & Fraternity. He achieved unsurpassable heights passionately, beautifully, romantically & poetically, harmoniously, functionally, always with superior quality with nature & with the most vivid colour's often invented by himself. Tony Geering. CH 72 - Seven Morris & Co Sussex armchairs. Some with original rush seats, all have original finish. DID U KNOW.. that Ford Maddox Brown persuaded the firm to sell them & Dante Gabriel Rossetti designed the lyre or fiddle back version aptly named "The Rossetti Chair" & when they have to be re-rushed, the arms & the two stretchers just below it have to be removed from the upper back leg, once the rusher has re-laid the rush, only then can they be inserted & glued back together, believe me there is an art to get them back into place because the tolerance's are so close, which is why they are a very strong armchair indeed & also why so many have survived. Circa 1865 & into the 20th Century. 2 armchairs with original rush Priced at £895 each & 3 with new rush so 5 in stock altogether . Click on pictures for larger version

CH 73
Righthand side A sussex side chair Morris & Co the lefthand side one is sold.
Circa 1890
£POA.
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CH 74
A pair of ladies & gents reclining armchairs by James Shoolbred after a design by Phillip Webb, professionaly re - upholstered in A Morris & Co fabric.
Circa 1890
£POA.
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CH 75
Philip Webb (attributed) for Morris & Co., an Aesthetic Movement mahogany sofa, upholstered in ‘Bird’ fabric designed by William Morris. Exhibited at the Liberty & Co. Exhibition, June 2009, no. f13 Circa 1866-70's. Height 42" 107cm, Width 73" 185.5, Depth 26 1/2" 66cm.
£POA.

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CH 76
George Washington Jack for Morris & Co., a mahogany 'Saville' armchair, circa 1890, with wavy square arm spindles, on swollen front legs with later conforming casters, with original cotton mohair damask Crown Imperial pattern upholstery designed by William Morris and registered on 18th November 1876, 93cm high (the casters now replaced) See Parry, Linda 'William Morris' Exhibition catalogue:V&A 1996, p. 178-179, no. J.32 for a 'Saville' armchair in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Also see Parry, Linda 'William Morris Textiles', p. 150, fig. 22 for this upholstery. It is extremely rare to find Morris furniture still with the original fabric it started life with and, although slightly worn to the arms, the fabric is in reasonable condition throughout. A good museum example of an original Saville armchair with its original coat.
Circa 1900
£SOLD.
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CH 77
George Washington Jack for Morris & Co., a mahogany ‘Saville’ armchair, circa 1890, with wavy square arm spindles, on swollen front legs
Height 93cm Circa 1900. £SOLD.
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CH 78
Morris & Co., Another variation Mahogany Saville 3 piece suite consisting of a 2 seater settee, Ladies armchair & a Gentleman's armchair identical to the ladies version except with elongated arms of superior quality by Morris & Co & designed by George Jack. George Jack designed & made the top end inlaid pieces of the highest quality in design & manufacture that Morris & Co produced. Morris & Co furniture is extremely rare.
Settee Width 124cm, Ladies armchair 83cm. Gentlemans armchair 91cm. Circa 1890. £POA.
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CH 79
Morris & Co., a Mahogany armchair designed by George Jack.
Height 94cm. Circa 1890. £SOLD.
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CH 80 - Morris & Co. A pair of Arts & Crafts oak armchairs. A re-fined interpretation of the traditional English ladder back, with original rush seats. Circa 1885. These were not mass produced like the famous Sussex range & are very hard to find. See Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors by Jeremy Cooper Page 168 illustration 430 for an identical version. C1900.
£695 each, £1295 a pair.
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CH 81 - An ebonised ‘turner’s’ rocking chair, in the style of Philip Webb, with turned half wings and a re-rushed seat. The bobbin turned details of this chair are quite similar to the famous reclining armchair designed by Philip Webb in 1866. See Whiteway, Michael and Gere, Charlotte ‘Nineteenth-Century Design’ London 1993. Height 117cm. Circa 1880. £POA.
(The Phillip Webb armchair shown with the rocker is now sold)
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CH 82 - Set of 10 Morris & Co oak dining chairs with drop in seats designed in the offices of Richard Norman Shaw, possibly designed by W. Lethaby. These have all been totally restored, all gently knocked apart, joints cleaned, glued, re assembled & clamped refinished & professionally re-upholstered in a quality leather. Circa 1890. £POA. The 2 above match very well except they don't have drop in seats but they could be converted to make up a set of 12.
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CH 83 - A pair of Morris & Co oak dining chairs designed in the offices of Richard Norman Shaw, possibly designed by W. Lethaby. Circa 1890. £POA.
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CH 84 - A refined Morris style Anglo-Japanese rush seated armchair simulating bamboo possibly designed by Eddis. Circa 1885.
£595.
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CH 87 - A set of 10 & a set of 4 Morris & Co dining chairs designed in the offices of Richard Norman Shaw, possibly designed by W. Lethaby. The 10 & 4 match very well & could be used as a set 14. These chairs have all been restored wonderfully & are all ready for upholstery of your choice, my upholsterer will upholster them for £45 a seat + fabric.
Circa 1900.
£POA.
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CH 88 - A pair of Mahogany armchairs attributed to George Jack for Morris & Co with inlaid details through out, the style & quality of these armchairs are of a more traditional influence with an artistic feel which was used extensively by George Jack. His own work for Morris & Co is very much in the Sheraton Revivalist style. Circa 1900. £POA.
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CH 89 - A Single Gothic/Moorish style chair with carved arched & bobbin details to the back, turned front legs united by 4 stretchers. Circa 1890. £595.
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CH - Two extremely rare & very important Morris & Co adjustable ebonised armchair's designed in 1866 with arched arms & legs united by refined bobbin turnings with adjustable back & bobbin turned stretchers on brass & ceramic castors re-upholstered in original Morris & Co double woven Bird fabric. These elegant timeless recliners were based on a design from an earlier traditional prototype found by George Warrington Taylor (Morris & Co's business manager) in the workshop of an old carpenter named Ephraim Colman in Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, in 1866. He drew a sketch & wrote description of the chair & sent it to Philip Webb & these two examples are the exact models that were adapted by Phillip Webb for production by Morris & Co. So rare to find 1, a dream to find 2. An icon of the 20th Century. Circa 1866. £SOLD.
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CH SOLD - A rare Morris & Co Sussex 3 seater. Circa 1890. £SOLD.
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CH - Arts & crafts rush seat oak dining/side chair in orginal condition. Circa 1900. £SOLD.
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CH - A fantastic quality set of 6 oak Arts & Crafts dining chair's in the manner of Morris & Co. Circa 1905. £SOLD.
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