Arts & Crafts - 20th June 2012

Lot 419

A W.A.S Benson pine carved fitted cupboard and shelf unit

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £650

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Description

A W.A.S Benson pine carved fitted cupboard and shelf unit, designed by W.A.S Benson, with two twin-door cupboards flanked by three arched open compartments, the doors carved with Art Nouveau foliate columns, above a long shelf carved with leaf detail to the brackets, unsigned 67cm. high, 229cm. wide Literature Ian Hamerton (editor) W.A.S Benson Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC books, page 161 plate 144 for the reproduction of an original watercolour design for a green painted version designed for the Art Workers' Guild.