British Art Pottery - 25th November 2009

Lot 641

A set of six oak chairs designed by Edward Welby Pugin

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A set of six oak chairs designed by Edward Welby Pugin, cantilevered pegged legs on brass ball feet to front, curved pegged back splat, red velvet seat unsigned 84cm. high Pugin designed an identical chair for The Grange, his family home in Ramsgate in 1864. The Victoria & Albert museum has an identical chair, collection number W.1-1991. Literature Charlotte Gere & Michael Whiteway Nineteenth Century Design page 143 plate 172 for a comparable chair.