Moyar Smith for Collinson & Lock. Chaise Lounge with triangular 'A' frame to one end

Attributed to Moyar Smith and made by Collinson and Lock. Chaise Lounge with triangular 'A' frame to one end, ebonised tramlines throughout with a lower turned gallery and turned feet. The semi upholstered back with open turned gallery and incised zig-zag and dot details. These details point towards the Dr Christopher Dresser studio's where Moyar Smith designed with Dresser. And this chaise is illustrated in the Collinson and Lock catalogue 1871 which Smith drew all the illustrations. The incised zig-zag and dot details are not Collcutt's hand and being so particular make it almost certain that Moyar Smith indeed designed this. Michael Whiteway notes that Collcutt designed nearly all of the furniture in the Collinson and Lock catalogue of 1871 and Moyar Smith drew all the illustrations and may have contributed some of the designs. See 19th Century Design by Michael Whiteway PAGE 283 HEADING :- THOMAS EDWARD COLLCUTT 1840 - 1924. Height 36" 78cm, Length 68" 170cm, Depth 22" 70cm. Circa 1871.