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A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1875
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CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1838-1904)
A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1875
executed by Chubb & Son for the Art Furnisher's Alliance, ebonized wood, upholstery designed by William Morris and J. H. Dearle for Morris & Co.
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high
A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1875
executed by Chubb & Son for the Art Furnisher's Alliance, ebonized wood, upholstery designed by William Morris and J. H. Dearle for Morris & Co.
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Haslam and Whiteway, London, in 1981.
Literature
cf. W. Halén, Christopher Dresser: A Pioneer of Modern Design, London, 1990, p. 49 for another chair of this model;
H. Lyons, Christopher Dresser: The Peoples Designer, Suffolk, 2005, p. 140 for a period photograph of a chair of this model from Dresser's personal collection.
H. Lyons, Christopher Dresser: The Peoples Designer, Suffolk, 2005, p. 140 for a period photograph of a chair of this model from Dresser's personal collection.
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