Liberty & Co., An Aesthetic Movement Ebonised Chair
£1,400
This side chair in ebonised beech sits within the Aesthetic Movement (1860–1890), c.1890, British, by Liberty & Co in the Morris idiom. The upright back carries closely set spindles between round posts above a square seat. Turned front legs and plain rear posts are tied by low stretchers to steady the stance. The dark ebonised finish lets the outline read cleanly.
The vocabulary, spindle back and simple turnings in ebonised beech, accords with Liberty’s late-19th-century vernacular ranges. Comparable spindle-back models with rush seats appear in Liberty and Co. catalogues around 1890, confirming the clear, domestic profile the firm promoted at this date.
1890-1899
