4th May, 2021 13:00
Design - Two Day Sale - Live Online
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A Gordon Russell 'Stow' oak chest of four drawers
A Gordon Russell 'Stow' oak chest of four drawers,
design No. 609, the drawer fronts with chamfered fronts and laburnum carved handles, flanked with octagonal columns carved with rectangular details, the carcass with chip carved details, panelled sides and cedar-lined drawers, labelled ‘The Russell Workshops Broadway Worcs This piece of furniture design No. 609, was made throughout The Gordon Russell Workshops Broadway Worcestershire Designer: Gordon Russell Foreman: Edgar Turner Cabinet Maker: S.G. Gilbert Timber used English oak Laburnum handles’,
75.5cm wide
49.5cm deep
91.5cm high
Provenance: The Estate of Fiona MacCarthy (1940-2020).
Our grateful thanks to Jonathan Gibbs and the Gordon Russell Museum for allowing us to use the design for No. 609
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Arts and Crafts From The Estate of Fiona MacCarthy
The collection of Arts and Crafts furniture below comes from the estate of Fiona MacCarthy (1940-2020) who was married to David Mellor (1930-2009), the Sheffield-based designer. MacCarthy’s background as a journalist for House and Garden magazine and the Guardian lay the foundations in her seminal biographical works on S R Ashbee, William Morris, Eric Gill and ‘Walter Gropius, Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus’ which was published in 2019. Involved across the arts, she curated exhibitions such as ‘Homespun to High-speed: British Design 1860 to 1960’ at Sheffield Museums and Art Galleries in 1979; ‘Eye for Industry: Retrospective of the Royal Designers’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1986, and ‘Anarchy and Beauty, William Morris and his Legacy’ at the National Portrait Gallery in 2014.
Sold for £5,100
Condition Report
Panelled back, some staining to the top of the chest, some minor knocks to the base at the back. Remnants of a Depository label.
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Auction: Design - Two Day Sale - Live Online, 4th May, 2021
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