2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST

20th Century Design

 
  Lot 135
 

135

A Middle Eastern Carved Picture Easel, circa 1890s, retailed by Liberty & Co., inlaid with mother-of -pearl, mashrabiya panel, unmarked,
63cm high
Similar example illustrated Bennett (Daryl) Liberty's Furniture 1875-1915 The Birth of Modern Interior Design, page 169, plate 5.25 Liberty & Co. Yuletide Gifts 1897, page 27.

Sold for £220
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

34cm wide (base width) 67cm high (laid flat) 63cm high (stood up using back support) Hinge damaged. Damage to left finial. The top panel has been reglued at some point. There are two holes 1/3 of the way down without pegs? Age related wear.

Auction: 20th Century Design, 2nd Mar, 2024

A selection of good, early pieces of Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson furniture will be coming up in the 20th Century Design Sale on 2nd March, including a circa 1929 Monk's Chair from Ampleforth Abbey, two circa 1930s Monk's Chairs from the Horlicks family, and a circa 1930s Partner's Desk. These will be joined by a strong offering of modern Mouseman. A further good example of Arts and Crafts furniture comes in the form of a very finely made Cotswold School Dressing Mirror. 

Amongst the ceramics in the sale will be the Dr John C. Yule Collection of Linthorpe and Middlesbrough Pottery, a Private Collection of Dennis Chinaworks Pottery, a good example of Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian, and a Private Collection of Studio Pottery including pots by Richard Batterham. 

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Thursday 29th February - Friday 1st March 10am-4pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am

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