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1900 British Masters
TEFAF New York 2017, 4 - 8 May 2017

1900 British Masters: TEFAF New York 2017

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernest Gimson, Writing cabinet, 1903
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernest Gimson, Writing cabinet, 1903
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernest Gimson, Writing cabinet, 1903
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernest Gimson, Writing cabinet, 1903
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ernest Gimson, Writing cabinet, 1903

Ernest Gimson

Writing cabinet, 1903
Oak, burr elm veneer, macassar ebony inlay,
patinated brass handles, ebonized sledge feet.
Probably made by Peter Waals at the Daneway
House workshop in Gloucestershire, England
h. 48 7/8 in. (124,2 cm) - w. 32 1/4 in. (82 cm) - d. 17 1/2 in. (44,3 cm)
Unique piece

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Edward William Godwin, Corner cabinet, 1873-1874
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Edward William Godwin, Corner cabinet, 1873-1874
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Edward William Godwin, Corner cabinet, 1873-1874
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Edward William Godwin, Corner cabinet, 1873-1874
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Edward William Godwin, Corner cabinet, 1873-1874

COLLECTION OF MARCHMONT HOUSE, BERWICKSHIRE, SCOTLAND

COLLECTION OF MARCHMONT HOUSE, BERWICKSHIRE, SCOTLAND

Provenance

Collection of Ernest Gimson, ca. 1903 By descent to Peter Gimson, 1940’s - Private British collection - H. Blairman and Sons, London, ca. 2000 - Private collection, Belgium, until 2017

Literature

Walter Shaw, ‘The British Home of Today, a Book of Modern Domestic Architecture and the Applied Arts’, 1904, page 187 - John Andrews, ‘Arts and Crafts Furniture’, London, 2005, page 99.

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