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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

Dimensions

Height: 42.72 in (108.5 cm)
Width: 30.39 in (77.2 cm)
Depth: 25.98 in (66 cm)

Year of manufacture

1905

Maker

Guild of Handicraft

Designer

Charles Robert Ashbee

Period

Arts & Crafts Movement
1900-1909

Style

Arts and Crafts

Condition

Good

Condition consistent with age and use

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