Fine Arts & Crafts (including Martin Ware) - 21st June 2023
Lot 271
A set of four 18th century ash and elm ladderback chairs, on turned legs, 90cm. high, (4)
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
A set of four 18th century ash and elm ladderback chairs, on turned legs, 90cm. high, (4)
Catalogue notes
Ambrose Heal was attracted by and collected 'Regional chairs'. he wrote that one of his earliest recollections was of a visit to the workshop of Philip Clissett in Bosbury - possibly when he had taken an apprentice placement at James Plucknett in Warwickshire from 1890 to 1892. Clissett's designs were know in London by then, the Art Worker's Guild had chairs made by him in 1888.
Provenance
Sir Ambrose Heal, thence by descent