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C R Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft. A rare Arts and Crafts oak armchair with larger proportions than usual. The shaped back makes this armchair ergonomically perfect and rather comfortable I must say. With subtle details to the feet.
Literature: Der Moderne Stil, 1905, vol. 7, pl. 8, fig. 6 (for an example with inlaid splat);
The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art, 1907, p. 47 (for an example photographed within a Cheyne Walk interior);
Crawford, Alan, C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist, Yale, 1985, p. 287.
Additional Measurements:
Arm height: 71.5cm / 28.15"Inches
Seat height: 52.5cm / 20.67"Inches
