New Arrivals Furniture Page 4 NIF 10C
An Aesthetic Movement carved & Gilt Wall Shelf with embossed leather panels designed by Bruce Talbert & probably made by Gillows.
Circa 1870.
£POA.
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NIF 11C
A reclining armchair by Morris & Co, designed by Phillip Webb
Circa 1870.
£SOLD.
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NIF 12C
A Gothic Revival painted, carved and pierced oak side chair, possibly designed by William Burgess, with animal forms of an elephant and a mythical bird to the upright terminals, leather seat, 106cm high
£POA.
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NIF 13C
An important pair of Anglo-Japanese stools designed by Thomas Jeckyll & made by Gillows of Lancaster, each stamped Gillow 11439 and 11440, one signed in pencil and dated 1875.
See Christies South Kensington, Ken Hill, Snettisham, Norfolk, 13th September 1999, Lot 632 Note: These stools formed part of a group of furniture designed by Thomas Jeckyll for the industrialist Edward Green and his wife Mary for their home The Old Hall, Heath, Yorkshire in the 1870s. The furniture was removed to Ken Hill when the Greens moved there in 1890.
The signature of F. Branscombe is thought to be that of the upholsterer
Circa 1875.
£SOLD.
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NIF 16C
A rare & Important Anglo-Japanese two tier Rosewood sidetable designed by E W Godwin & made by William Watt. The square top with full length shaped supports below uniting the table top to the 4 offset square splayed legs each with incised line details above the lower shelf, with 4 sets of twin stretchers with a single upright support joining each stretcher & joining the lower tier.
A superb quality table & pure to the Anglo Japanese principles Godwin adhered to when designing in this style it's simplicity & restraint is a pleasure to the eyes.
The last image (coming soon) is from The Secular Furniture of E W Godwin by Susan Weber Soros.
Height 22 1/2". Length of the top 22", Width of the top 21 1/2".
Circa Late 1870's.
£POA.
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NIF 17C
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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NIF 18C
A pair of ladies & gents reclining armchairs by James Shoolbred after a design by Phillip Webb, professionally re - upholstered in A Morris & Co fabric.
Circa 1890.
£POA.
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NIF 20C
A Morris & co armchair professionally re upholstered in a quality Morris fabric.
Circa 1900
£POA.
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NIF 21C
A Morris & co armchair professionally re upholstered in a quality Morris fabric.
Circa 1900
£POA.
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NIF 22C
A rare & Important sidetable designed by Phillip Webb & made by Morris & Co with a shaped & moulded top with 6 turned legs all united by subtle turned upper side stretchers & lower radiating stretchers with wavy shaped bottoms precisely joined at the centre. The underneath of the table top is as beautifully made as the rest of the table with a complicated array of flat supports for the legs which also hold the top firmly together stopping any shrinkage or joint separation & the ends of these are finished with precise chamfered edges. A beautifully made table with wonderful proportions, an early design classic of museum quality showing the true beginnings of the Arts & Crafts Movement.
Circa 1880's.
£Sold.
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NIF 23C
A fine quality Mahogany side table almost identical to one in the Morris & Co catalogue with shaped top & Moorish undertier with 6 square legs with turned details to the upper parts united by 6 stretchers & united again by a circular plant holder.
Height 30" 68cm, Width of top 27" 59cm. Circa 1900.
£POA.
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NIF 24C
An important newspaper & magazine basket on stand designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with pie crust moulding to the top edges & double skined cane work to the angled sides the basket held in place by large 1" circular dowls making it simple to lift from the base but retains it perfectly in place, with a staggered bead & line moulded detail to the base of the basket & sitting on 4 square tapering legs with a wonderful 45 degree half Ogee moulding to each corner of the 4 legs which are united by a classic H stretcher & on original brass castors.
An almost identical version is shown in Truth Beauty & Design by Adrian J Tilbrook & Fischer Fine Art 1986, page 69, last 2 images.
The authors quote Lutyens’s daughter, Mary, who stated that this piece was originally designed for his own home.
Height 29 1/2", Width 31 1/2", Depth 23 1/2". Circa 1900.
£POA.
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NIF 25C
A top quality set of 6 Gothic Revival oak dining chairs designed by Charles Bevan & made by Gillows of Lancaster with protruding shaped strip to the head rail & canted corners & dot detailing beneath, the central vertical upright with central circular disc & angular cross member with conforming dot detailing to the lower edges with through tennons to the ends & raised buttons to the fronts & another central raised button above the central V & further dot detailing to the lower seat sides on hexagonal tapering front legs.
Height 91cm Circa 1870's.
£POA.
All these chairs have been gently knocked apart, joints cleaned, glued reassembled, clamped & refinshed in our workshops.

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NIF 26C
An English School armchair.
Circa 1900
£POA.
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NIF 27C
A five piece bedroom suite, the painted designs attributed to Dr C Dresser & made by Ogdens of Masnchester. Circa 1870
Wardrobe height, Width of Cornice " , Depth of Cornice ",
£POA.
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NIF 28C
Howard & Sons. An exquisite & fine quality (1/4 sawn) Oak breakfront bookcase with good proportions & an interesting lower section. The half moon cornice with dentil moulding, further dentil moulding below & to the outer cornice with 4 upper glazed doors, each glazing bar with fine moulded details, the doors opening to reveal adjustable shelves to the centre section with 4 cupboards below, each door with fielded panels opening to reveal generous storage to the Lower cupboard with pigeon holes to the upper parts on 6 feet with decorative arched supports.
Height 85" 216cm, Width 53 3/4" 134cm, Depth at the centre 16 1/2" 42cm. Circa 1890.
£POA.
Howard & Sons were established by John Howard at 24 Orange Street London in 1820. In 1854 they moved to the centre of the West End at 22 & 36 Berners Street. They made the highest quality furniture some of the highest of the period & were commissioned by many important clients & made furniture for many important houses such as Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire & Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire & at the end of the 1890's they made the interiors for Mr Vanderbilt’s Yacht. They exhibited at the GreatExhibition in 1851 and in exhibitions in America and at the Paris Exhibition in 1900 they won two gold medals and a silver. They had the royal warrant and were commissioned to produce twenty four pieces for the Royal Collection and supplied a number of royal residences with pieces for their private collections.
Stamped Howard & Sons Berners Street to the top of the lower righthand door & the upper righthand central door with the in house design number stamped to the top of the right hand lower door ‘Howard & Sons Ltd, Bernier St. No. 3469 2128’,.
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NIF 29C
An oak wall cabinet with embossed leather faces to the door panels, atributed to E.W.Godwin & probably made by William Watt.
Height 37", Width 20", Depth 6". Circa 1870's.
£POA.

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NIF Sold.
A rare pair of Gothic Revival dining chairs by J.G.Crace probably designed for Abney Hall (last image see Jeremy Coopers Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors page 53 Illustration 114). The head rails with solid Ebony carved florets the outer ones differing to the central one & double chamfered details which are used at all the back rest joints & at every corner below the seats with a double detail to the ends beneath each side seat rail & to the squares at the lower front legs a particular detail that has an attractive & functional purpose with wonderfully chamfered birds beak end details that stop & start on the classic H stretcher where they meet leaving a slightly chunkier part of the oak again for better strength of the joints & continuing to the back legs where they meet with a superb kick out detail. Retaining their original finish. Professionally re upholstered.
Circa 1857.

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NIF Sold
A good quality Gothic Revival 2 drawer desk in the style of Charles Bevan with high through tennon pegged stretcher & inlaid dot decoration to the stylised floral centre & conforming dot inlay to the arched legs & quality Brass ring pull handles. Length 41 1/2", Depth 20". Circa 1870's.
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