25th Jul, 2014 10:00 GMT/BST
Summer Fine Art Sale
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A Stanley Webb Davies Oak Writing Desk, 1912, the upper section with two leaded glazed sliding...
At sixteen Davies won first prize for woodwork with this desk at Bootham School, it was judged to be "of good quality and was quite the best thing in the show...it is accurate in its fitting and a neatly executed piece of furniture".
The key is labelled Stanley W Davies (Hand-made Furniture) Windermere £63-0-0
Literature: Wright (Hugh) Stanley Webb Davies 1894-1978 Arts and Crafts Furniture Maker, Bookcase 2006, page 12.
Exhibited at Blackwell, Bowness-on-Windermere
11 November 2011 - 19 February 2012.
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
With key. The desk has been used, with various sections of damage: top section with two cut marks to right hand side panel and various scratches and split approx 15cm long running from the foot upwards. Left hand panel with small minor? split running from the base section. Bruising and scuffs to this end panel. Each end panel with later screws added to run parallel to the pull-out lopers. Fall with replaced section of oak timber where the hinges are fitted. Small split around left hinge. Interior with various ink stains. Replaced? handle to the smaller drawer, the backplate is a flowerhead design which is different to the other three stylised examples. 230714
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