Arts & Crafts - 18th June 2014

Lot 318

A pair of ebonised wood Sussex armchairs

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £750

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Description

A pair of ebonised wood Sussex armchairs, probably Morris & Co, with carved bobbin back and strung seat 86cm. high

Literature

Linda Parry William Morris, Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition catalogue, page 160 figure 74 for a reproduced advert for the Sussex range produced by Morris & Co, page 168 catalogue number J-11 for a comparable chair.