Design - 18th October 2016
Lot 452
An oak double bookcase designed by Ernest Gimson
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £3100
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Description
An oak double bookcase designed by Ernest Gimson, double width, four graduated shelves, on sleigh feet, 115cm. high, 153cm. wide.
Provenance
Laurence Bisson, Pembroke College, Oxford, then Professor at Queen's University Belfast.
Philip Boyd, thence by descent.
Literature
Annette Carruthers Ernest Gimson & The Cotswold Group of Craftsmen, Leicester Arts and Museums, page 65 figure F.41 for a comparable single bookcase.