Arts & Crafts - 18th June 2014
Lot 361
A large Arthur W Simpson of Kendal The Handicrafts walnut hanging shelf unit
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
A large Arthur W Simpson of Kendal The Handicrafts walnut hanging shelf unit, twin-shelves with hinged dust guards, flanked with twin cupboards carved with foliate panels, the guards carved with bell flower frieze, patinated metal door furniture by Richard Llewlyn Rathbone, 153cm wide, 66cm. high
Literature
Hugh Wright The Beautiful Furniture of the Simpsons of Kendal, Bookcase, page 33 for a reproduction of a comparable hanging bedroom cupboard and shelf unit in line drawing form from an Arthur W Simpson brochure, 1894. and a reproduction of a page of Rathbone metal hinges and handles, first reproduced in The Studio, page 186 plate 126 which includes a variant of this handle.