1875_______1914


1. ‘The Decorative Arts’ Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress by William Morris. Published by Ellis and White London 187 32 pp., original blue grey wraps.
Height 18cm /7"
Width 12cm /5"

Published following a lecture in December 1877 - his first published work on the Decorative Arts, prior to this Morris had only published poetry. He makes his point that good design is encumbant on us all, and it's only laziness and meanness that stops us from encouraging beautiful craftsmanship. 1878 was also the year he moved into Kelmscott House.

2. Gothic Revival chalice with chased decoration inset with red glass beads John Hardman & Co Hallmarked Birmingham 1868 (inscribed to inside base September 21st 1885)
Height 17cm /61/2”

3. Aesthetic Movement red lustre footed plate, decorated with grotesque beast Designed by Lewis F Day Maw & Co
Circa 1895
Diameter 27cm /101/2”

4. Aesthetic Movement reclining armchair in ebonised mahogany and beech with bobbin turned decoration. Upholstered in original Morris & Co woven woollen triple cloth ‘Tulip and Rose’ designed by William Morris in 1876 Designed by Philip Webb Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company
Circa 1866 British
Height 99cm /39”
Width 66cm /26”
Depth 84cm /33”

The design for this chair was adapted from a sketch given to Webb of an earlier antique chair, it went on to become a popular item in Morris’s interiors and subsequently iconic for its period.

5. Aesthetic Movement standard lamp in brass, with modern shade Designed by W A S Benson
Circa 1890 British
Height 187cm /71” (including shade)
Width 49cm /19”

6. Art Nouveau table light in brass with original vaseline glass shade W A S Benson
Circa 1900 British
Height 43cm /17”
Width 15cm /6”

7. Aesthetic Movement wing back settee, upholstered, with spiral designed walnut feet Design attributed to George Jack Morris & Co Circa 1895 British Covered in modern fabric ‘Chelsea’ damask by Mulberry
Height 97cm /37”
Width 137cm /54”
Depth 66cm /26”

8. Aesthetic Movement sidetable in oak with turned legs and shaped top Liberty (label to underside of top)
Circa 1895 British
Height 69cm /27”
Diameter 55cm /21”

9 Gothic Revival ‘Glastonbury’ chair, in oak with carved decoration and coat of arms escutcheon. Monogrammed with 2 initials and motto
Circa 1880 British
Height 105cm /41”
Width 69cm /27”
Depth 61cm /24”

10 Arts and Crafts embroidered panel in wool and silk, ‘Poppies’ attributed to May Morris
Circa 1880
Height 28cm /11”
Width 22cm /81/2”

11 Aesthetic Movement pair of spoon warmers, in the form of 3 legged grotesque toads Burmantofts British
Circa 1890
Height 17cm /7”
Length 21cm /8”

12 Arts and Crafts carved oak framed mirror Design attributed to George Jack
Circa 1900 British
Height 125cm /49”
Width 110cm /43”

Jack was a prolific craftsman and designer and succeeded Philip Webb as chief designer for Morris and Co in 1890. Carving became his favoured skill and his work can be seen in Kelmscott Manor, Westminster Abbey and All Saints Church at Brockhampton. This frame was influenced by William Morris’s designs for borders of the Kelmscott Chaucer (see fig. 107 page 316, William Morris by Linda Parry V&A)

13 Arts and Crafts table light in best electroplate silver on brass with original shade recovered. Original conversion to electricity Designed by W A S Benson
Circa 1900 British
Height 55cm /21”
Width 23cm /9”

14 Pair of Aesthetic Movement fire dogs in brass Design attributed to Thomas Jeckyll Rubbed date lozenge
Circa 1875
Height 26cm /10”
Width 13cm /5”
Length 20cm /8”

15 Arts and Crafts painted and stained glass panel depicting a goddess (Flora) amongst angels with flower border, set within its original painted pine frame Designed by E Ingram Taylor (see Studio Magazine 1906 page 122)
1905 British
Height 91cm /36”
Width 55 cm /21”

16 Arts and Crafts silk embroidery of an angel, in original rosewood frame
Circa 1900 British
Height 32cm /12”
Width 21cm /8”

17 Anglo-Moresque sidetable, in walnut. Attributed to the Wyburd Studios Liberty
Circa 1890 British
Height 66cm/26”
Width 66cm /26”
Depth 46cm/18”

18 Art Nouveau pedestal, in rosewood with inlaid stylised plant decoration
Circa 1895 British
Height 122cm /48”
Width 46cm /18”
Depth 42cm /161/2”

19 Arts and Crafts embroidery picture of two owls Silk and wool work
Circa 1900 British
Height 59cm /23”
Width 60cm /23”

20 Arts and Crafts chest on stand in oak with iron fittings Heal & Son
Circa 1897 British
Height 153cm/60”
Width 96cm/38”
Depth 54cm/21”

This piece was part of Ambrose Heal’s first commission for Heal & Son, and was made with the workers that stayed behind after C R Ashbee’s Guild of Handicraft left for Chipping Campden


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