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Lot 194
PHILIP WEBB (ATTRIBUTED TO) FOR MORRIS & CO. ARMCHAIR ebonised oak, later loose upholstered cushions to seat and back and with padded arms, the ladder back on an adjustable ratchet, with bobbin turned supports Provenance: Alys & Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley, Brandsby Hall, Yorkshire and by descent.
Lot 211
GERALD SUMMERS FOR MAKERS OF SIMPLE FURNITURE, 1930S ARMCHAIR single sheet of cut and bent birch plywood 60.5cm wide, 78.5cm high, 90.5cm deep Literature; Charlotte & Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p.232. Note; In 1929 Summers and his wife Majorie Amy Butcher started Makers of Simple Furniture and began to experiment with free-form designs and malleable materials. Summers specialised in airplane plywood, which resulted in some of the most innovative designs of the period. His seminal work of 1933-4, an example of which is offered here, took advantage of the wood's flexibility. Summers manipulated one piece of wood into a seamless seat, considered a Modernist masterpiece. With its smooth surface and absence of metal, it was originally designed for use in the tropics to withstand high humidity however the chair was only replicated 120 times because the production cost was too high and the back legs were prone to break.
Lot 474
A 19th century Colonial padouk open armchair in 18th century Irish style, the pierced vase shaped splat with leaf border to undulating scroll arms on scroll supports, one replaced, the drop-in seat to a carved seat rail on acanthus capped cabriole legs to brass castors, the back legs with scroll moulding.
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