LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LIMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, later inset with brass meter rule, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, drawer lacking 152cm long, 75.5cm high, 75.5cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
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LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, drawer lacking, bears ivorine label `Liberty & Co/ Regent St. London` 122cm long, 76cm high, 68cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, drawer lacking, stamped mark `6961`, later label `615` 122cm long, 76cm high, 68cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the planked and pegged rectangular top with moulded edge, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, each stretcher end radially inlaid with specimen woods, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, bears later label `594` 137cm long, 76cm high, 71.5cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, later inset with brass meter rule, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, drawer lacking, stamped mark `6964`, later paper label `Woollens` 122cm long, 76cm high, 68cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, stamped mark `8198`, later labels `Woollens` and `F8 Scarves` 137cm long, 75cm high, 70.5cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, drawer lacking, stamped mark `6964`, later label `Scarves` 122cm long, 76cm high, 68cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular top with moulded edge, later inset with brass meter rule, above cross framed supports, each with spirally reeded elements linked by a spirally fluted central stretcher and with twin planked stretchers above, the platform base raised on bracket feet and linked by a plank stretcher, drawer lacking, stamped mark `6961`, later label `715` 152cm long, 75.5cm high, 75.5cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON PAIR OF OAK OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1924 each with octagonal moulded tops above curved crossed supports linked by a facetted pendant and cross stretchers (2) 60.5cm wide, 63cm high Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: These tables were made for the new café at Liberty & Co`s Tudor building in 1924. The café, which no longer exists, was located in the basement and had as its focal feature a large stone fireplace with distinctive conical canopy. Their design reflects the arched buttresses and roof pendants in the main atriums. The chairs which surrounded the tables, also in oak, were designed by Richard Riemerschmid, who had started to supply designs to Liberty`s in the 1900s. The tea wares were made by Moorcroft, a regular supplier of wares to the shop, and were glazed in powder blue. This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO FUMED OAK REFECTORY TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the panelled rectangular top raised on column supports with platform bases 153cm long, 75cm high, 86cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO FUMED OAK REFECTORY TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular moulded top above baluster trestle ends, linked by a pierced stretcher and raised on platform bases 168cm long, 76cm high, 68.5cm wide Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON PAIR OF OAK OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1924 each with octagonal moulded top (one cracked) above curved crossed supports linked by a facetted pendant and cross stretchers, raised on scrolling iron feet (2) 60.5cm wide, 71cm high Note: These tables were made for the new café at Liberty & Co`s Tudor building in 1924. The café, which no longer exists, was located in the basement and had as its focal feature a large stone fireplace with distinctive conical canopy. Their design reflects the arched buttresses and roof pendants in the main atriums. The chairs which surrounded the tables, also in oak, were designed by Richard Riemerschmid, who had started to supply designs to Liberty`s in the 1900s. The tea wares were made by Moorcroft, a regular supplier of wares to the shop, and were glazed in powder blue. This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK OCCASIONAL TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the octagonal moulded top above curved crossed supports linked by a facetted pendant and cross stretchers, bears later paper label `Scarves/ Regent St` 60.5cm wide, 63cm high Note: This table was made for the new café at Liberty & Co`s Tudor building in 1924. The café, which no longer exists, was located in the basement and had as its focal feature a large stone fireplace with distinctive conical canopy. Their design reflects the arched buttresses and roof pendants in the main atriums. The chairs which surrounded the tables, also in oak, were designed by Richard Riemerschmid, who had started to supply designs to Liberty`s in the 1900s. The tea wares were made by Moorcroft, a regular supplier of wares to the shop, and were glazed in powder blue. This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO GROUP OF THREE WROUGHT IRON PENDANTS, CIRCA 1924 each interlocking quatreform pendant with fleurs de lys and scrollwork decoration (3) Each pendant, 76cm high, 67cm diameter Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture and fittings made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO. LONDON WROUGHT IRON CORONA, CIRCA 1924 of semi-hemispherical form pieced with leafy scrollwork panels and suspending hooks for chains 80cm high, 67cm diameter Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Adburgham, Alison `Liberty`s: A biography of a shop`, London 1975, illus p. 152 Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This iron corona once formed a part of the pair of massive lights which hung in the original Antique Carpets Department. It forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture and fittings made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LARGE OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles, the rectangular top above two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet 106cm wide, 86cm high, 76cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LARGE OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles, the rectangular top above two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet 106cm wide, 86cm high, 76cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LARGE OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles, the rectangular top above two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet 106cm wide, 86cm high, 76cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LARGE OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles, the rectangular top with later inset brass metre rule, above two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet 106cm wide, 86cm high, 76cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LARGE OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles, the rectangular top above two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet 106cm wide, 86cm high, 76cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LARGE OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles, the rectangular top above two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling (one panel lacking to rear), the whole raised on block feet 106cm wide, 86cm high, 76cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles and pegged construction, the rectangular top above two short over two long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet 107cm wide, 83.5cm high, 45.5cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 formerly the base of a cupboard/ chest, with moulded angles and pegged construction, the later rectangular ply top above two short over three long drawers, each with wrought iron drop handles, the sides with fielded panelling 130cm wide, 80cm high, 53cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
EDWIN T. AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK FREESTANDING CHEST, CIRCA 1924 with moulded angles and pegged construction, the rectangular top above two short over two long drawers, each carved with linenfold scrolling decoration and with wrought iron drop handles, the sides and back with fielded panelling, the whole raised on block feet, one handle lacking, one hand a later replacement 107cm wide, 83.5cm high, 45.5cm deep Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This lot forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
LIBERTY & CO LARGE OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the hexagonal top with thumb mouldings to the edge, raised above four drawers and two cupboard doors, each with linenfold carved mouldings and wrought iron handles, above Tudor arched apron and square supports 185cm across, 80.5cm high Provenance: Liberty & Co. London Literature: Calloway, Stephen `The House of Liberty`, London 1992 Note: This table was originally the centrepiece of the scarf hall at Liberty`s, the main atrium of the shop. This magnificent table forms part of a collection of Arts & Crafts furniture made in the early 1920s for Liberty & Co`s magnificent Tudor building in Great Marlborough Street. The building was completed in 1924 and was built so that trading could continue while renovations were being completed on their adjacent premises in Regent Street. It was designed by Edwin Thomas Hall and his son Edwin Stanley Hall at the height of the 1920s fashion for the Tudor revival and constructed from the timbers of two 19th century men-of-war battleships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. After the First World War a more reactionary attitude towards architecture and design was understandable and the Liberty board recognized the marketing advantage and reassurance to their customers of building in the sixteenth century manner. The new building would demonstrate craft of the highest quality and attention to detail and would be a reflection of the Arts & Crafts values of "truth to material" which had played such an important part in the foundation of the company and the goods that it sold. The shop was engineered around three galleried light wells that formed the main focus of the building and emulated the great atrium spaces of Bon Marché and Printemps in Paris. Sir Arthur Liberty, who founded Liberty & Co. in 1875, wanted to create the feeling that you were walking around your own home so surrounding these wells were more intimate rooms which reflected the warren of rooms found in the original shop in Regent Street. Liberty`s own workshops in Highgate made the wood panelling and a team of twenty carvers worked for eighteen months on the woodwork alone. Under the supervision of the architects a collection of furniture was made for the rooms and galleries to display the textiles, clothes and luxury goods the shop was so famous for. It is represented by a series of tables, chests and display cabinets, all made in the sixteenth century style, with pegged construction and decorative details complimenting the design details in the building. The finish is either a dark fumed, natural or limed finish, also a characteristic of the wood finishes of the rooms in which they once stood. The first group is designed in a Tudor style, with substantial oak planked tops above pegged supports pieced with decorative panels, also seen on paneling and staircases in the main shop (figure 2). The second group also displays a 16th century aesthetic, with identical planked tops raised above cross framed supports. The chests of drawers and the magnificent hexagonal centre table have distinctive hand wrought iron handles and linenfold panelling, found in other furniture still in situ. All the furniture was made in the firm`s workshops in Highgate and demonstrates the same high levels of craftsmanship and attention to detail as the building itself. A photograph of the workshop in the 1920s (figure 3) shows a chest of drawers and a display cabinet being produced. Liberty & Co. has retained a core of pieces for its collection; however a substantial selection of this historic furniture, now unsuitable for contemporary retailing, is offered here. Lyon & Turnbull will sell the furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer as part of their sale of Scottish Design on June 15th, 2011.
THOMAS FORMAN & SONS LIMITED FINE ARTISTS` ASSIGNMENTS OF COPYRIGHT AGREEMENTS WITH THE NOTTINGHAM PRINTERS LITHOGRAPHERS AND PUBLISHERS approximately 2812 agreements with 517 painters, illustrators and several photographers with, in some cases, another (the copyright owner) on printed forms, all signed, witnessed and duty sealed, filed alphabetically (from Abercromby to Zampighi; further details at mellorsandkirk.com) c1901-1957 (approximately 3329 ) Artists include HM Queen Alexandra (her picture of Windsor for the Royal Leaf Exhibition of 1915; the agreement signed on her behalf by Sir Edward John Poynter), Mabel Lucie Attwell, Wright Barker, William Kay Blacklock, Alfred de Breanski, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, Sir John Alfred Arnesby Brown, W Frank Calderon, The Hon John Collier, Percy Craft, Charles Crombie, Frank Dadd, Montague Dawson, Lionel Edwards, Arthur John Elsley, Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, John William Godward, Fred Hall, Heywood Hardy, Edwin Harris, John Hassall, Robert Gemmell Hutchinson, Lucy Kemp-Welch, George Goodwin Kilburne, George Sheridan Knowles , Noel Harry Leaver, William Logsdail, William Henry Magetson, Frank Henry Mason, Harold Piffard, Harold Septimus Power, William Heath Robinson, Charles Spencelayh, Arthur Spooner, G E Studdy, Arthur Wardle, Rowland Wheelwright, Terrick Williams and Lawson Wood
A H J WOOD OF STAFFORDSHIRE HAND PAINTED `INDIAN TREE` POTTERY BOAT SHAPED VASE, 12" across, and three further H J Wood Indian Tree pottery pieces, an Arthur Wood circular fruit bowl decorated with birds, an Arthur Wood trumpet shaped pottery vase, a similar handle jug and one further small jug (8)
A Doulton two tone brown glazed jug with Egyptian figures in relief, a matching tapering pot and approx 10 other pieces of stoneware by Doulton and others including an Edward VII Coronation commemorative jug and a Doulton Lambeth two tone brown stoneware flagon and two others by Arthur Wood (a lot, as viewed)
Yarrell (William) History of British Birds 3 vol wood engravings contemporary polished calf spines detached rubbed 1843 § Rosengarten (A.) A Handbook on Architectural Styles illustrations contemporary signature to front free endpaper original cloth slightly rubbed 1927 § Thompson (W.M) The Land and the Book map illustrations contemporary morocco gilt and embossed decoration slightly rubbed 1863 § Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens illustrations by Arthur Rackham contemporary annotation to title original cloth faded [1917]; and small quantity of others similar v.s. (qty)(qty)
‡ Great War Trio awarded to Rifleman Albert Wooldridge, 12th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Three: British War and Victory Medals (R-34862 Pte. A. Wooldridge. K.R. Rif. C.), Silver War Badge No. 135620, with related miniatures cap badge, shoulder titles and lapel badge; British War and Victory Medal Pairs (2) (A-201156 Pte. E.B. Lichfield. K.R. Rif. C.; 534598 Pte. A. H.L. Vigors. 15-Lond. R); British War and Victory Medal Pair (C-4175 Pte. J.S. Wood. K.R.R.C.) and two ID. tags named to (302319 J. Wood R. Scots); together with London County Council School Attendance Medals (5) for 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914-15 1919-20, all named to J. Wood, last in case of issue and with two undated bars, London County Council School pin hallmarked 1918; Great War and Second Word War Trio awarded to Air Raid Warden Arthur Ernest Jenkins, Late 18th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, British War and Victory Medals (R-25192 Pte. E.A. Jenkins. K.R.R.C.), Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, with related miniatures of the BWM and Victory medals, forwarding slip and box for the Defence Medal, photograph of the recipient, an ARP lapel badge and two silk embroidered handkerchiefs, very fine or better (25)
(Captain Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round t (Captain Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World first edition 2 vol. 3 folding maps 19 engraved plates lightly foxed 20 wood-engraved vignettes some spotting to plates and maps contemporary green morocco gilt covers with broad gilt borders spine gilt in compartments with naval motifs g.e. spines lightly faded marking to spine of vol. II an excellent set [Forbes 1377; Hill 102; Sabin 4390] 8vo 1843. *** “An important surveying voyage to the Pacific.” - Forbes “Captain Beechey of the Sulpher became ill at Valpariso Chile and for a time the command fell to Captain Kellet. Captain Belcher boarded at Panama and acted as commander for the rest of the expedition. The voyage was intended for the exploration and survey of the Pacific coast of North and South America and the Pacific Basin. The various harbors along the coast of California and northwest to Alaska were surveyed and a month`s journey in open boats was made up the Sacremento River and San Francisco Bay. The Hawaiin Islands the Marquesas the Society Islands the Tonga Islands the New Hebredies the Solomon Islands New Guinea etc. were visited. Included are various appendices relating to Nicaragua the vegetation of parts of Australia Africa etc. Belcher had earlier sailed with Beechey on the Blossom as surveyor.” (Hill). Provenance: Eton leaving present inscribed from R.L.Pemberton to Arthur W.Arkwright Christmas 1846; small armorial silt seal of L (?) Galton Eton. Condition report:
Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists..., part 1 only (of 2), 4th ed., corrected & amended, 1704, eng. frontis. (with tear to lower outer corner, not affecting image), one eng. portrait, some minor dust-soiling, contemp. panelled calf, upper board detached, lower joint weak, covers very worn, folio, together with Cox (Nicholas), The Gentleman’s Recreation: in Four Parts, Viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing..., 5th ed., 1706, addn. eng. title, four folding eng. plts. (some torn with loss), heavy worming throughout, some dampstaining and browning, contemp. panelled calf, worn, 8vo, with Jardine (Sir William), The Naturalist’s Library, Ornithology vol. 1 only, Humming-Birds, Edinburgh, 1833, eng. port. frontis., addn. hand-col. title and thirty-two hand-col. eng. plts. only (of 34), some worming, sewing broken and few leaves loose, orig. cloth, lacks spine and boards detached, 8vo, with Forbes (Elizabeth Stanhope), King Arthur’s Wood: A Fairy Story, [1904], illustrated title (torn to lower margin), b & w and col. plts., contents loose, final leaf torn and soiled, orig. cloth, worn and frayed, oblong folio, plus other misc. books including Description Topographique et Statistique de la France, c.1810, contemp. pasteboards with Holland House bookplate to upper board (2 cartons)
Malory (Thomas) Le Morte d`Arthur, 1936, Limited Editions Club/Golden Cockerel Press, 3 vols., small folio, illustrated by Robert Gibbings, numbered ltd. edition of 1500 signed by the artist, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase; Empson (Patience), The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1959, 4to., original cloth; Furst (Herbert), The Modern Woodcut .., 1924, 4to., ex-library, original cloth; Chambers (David), Joan Hassall .., 1985, original cloth (6)
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