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Lot 317
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced panels in a symmetric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6962`, later label `804` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 318
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 319
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LIMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a geometric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6962` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 320
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a symmetric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends 121.5cm long, 76.5cm 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.
Lot 321
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, above pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6965` 122.5cm 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.
Lot 322
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LIMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule and applied brass bar to the leading edge, above pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture with a single drawer, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a geometric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6962` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 323
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LIMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, later paper label `Silks` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 324
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a geometric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6962`, later label `607` and later paper label `Scarves/ Regent St.` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 325
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in an asymmetric tear design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 326
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge and pegged bracket supports and broad apron, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher, stamped mark `6851`, later labelled `686` 152.5cm long, 76cm high, 75cm 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.
Lot 327
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with applied brass bracket to the front edge, above pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (handle lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 328
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LIMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (handle lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a geometric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6962` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 329
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, above pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6965`, later paper label `Scarves/ Regent St F5` 122.5cm 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.
Lot 330
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON SMALL OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture with a single drawer, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6965`, later paper label `Centre 5` 122.5cm 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.
Lot 331
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON LIMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with a brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating a single drawer, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in an asymmetric tear design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, paper label `Silks` 152cm long, 74cm high, 76cm 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.
Lot 332
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON FUMED OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron incorporating aperture for a single drawer (lacking), raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a geometric tear-shaped design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6962`, later label `838` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 333
EDWIN T. HALL AND EDWIN S. HALL FOR LIBERTY & CO., LONDON OAK CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1924 the rectangular planked top with moulded edge, later inset with brass metre rule, and with pegged bracket supports and broad apron, raised on tapered and chamfered supports with pierced decorative panels in a spiral design, and linked by a spirally fluted stretcher with incised ends, stamped mark `6849`, later label `840` 152.5cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 334
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.
Lot 335
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON 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 `794` 152cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 336
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, drawer lacking, stamped mark `6961` 152cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 337
LIBERTY & CO., LONDON 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, stamped mark `6848` 152cm long, 76cm 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.
Lot 338
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 `705` 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.
Lot 339
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.
Lot 340
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.
Lot 341
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.
Lot 342
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.
Lot 343
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.
Lot 344
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.
Lot 345
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.
Lot 346
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.
Lot 347
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.
Lot 348
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.
Lot 349
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.
Lot 350
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.
Lot 351
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.
Lot 352
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.
Lot 353
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.
Lot 354
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.
Lot 355
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.
Lot 356
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.
Lot 357
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.
Lot 358
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.
Lot 359
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.
Lot 360
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.
Lot 361
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.
Lot 362
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.
Lot 363
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.
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