Lot 109
  • 109

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857 - 1941)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • A side chair
  • 100cm. high;
  • 3ft 3 1/4 in.
oak and rush, the back with extended uprights to the arched top, a mid tier and a splat with a pierced heart-shaped motif, above a rectangular drop-in rush seat, over square legs joined by stretchers

Literature

For chairs of this design in the London home of E.J. Horniman, `Garden Corner', Chelsea Embankment, whose exterior was re-modelled and interior re-styled by Voysey in 1906-07, see The Studio, vol. XLIII (1908), pp. 19-25.

Wendy Hitchmough, C.F.A. Voysey, London, 1995, p. 130, no. 26. The author notes that various versions of the chair, with slightly different proportions, were made from 1902.

Condition

A decorative piece of honest condition. Piece is slightly darker than catalogue illustration suggests. Some minor stains and scratches in places, as can partially be seen in the catalogue illustration. The joints are loose making the piece unsteady. The rush seat, which appears to be original, with wear marks and some damage to canes. This appealing piece is in untouched condition and does not have any restoration. It would benefit from regluing and a polish.
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