Walter Frederick Cave

en noyer, de forme rectangulaire, le dossier agrémenté de hauts montants, les pommeaux d'accotoirs et les montants du dossier sculptés ; tapissés de velours vert

The Studio, volume 18, 1899, p. 181 pour un fauteuil avec une variante
Jeremy Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, from the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau, éd. Thames and Hudson, Londres, 1986, planche 576 pour un modèle similiare au piétement sans entretoise

Bon état général. Reverni. Quelques légers rares petits chocs le long des arêtes du piétement et de l'entretoise. Regarni, petites déchirures du velours et un enfoncement sur le côté du bras droit. Le velours d'un des fauteuils est plus claire que l'autre. Good overall condition Relacquered. A few dents and bumps to the walnut on the edges of the feet and of the strut bar. Small tears on the velvet, and a dent on the side of the right hand arm. One of the armchair's velvet is lighter than the other one.
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Walter Frederick Cave est avant tout réputé comme architecte ; il s’installe à Londres en 1889. Les rares modèles de meubles qu’il réalise sont souvent accompagnés de pieces en metal, de papiers peints et textiles, ces derniers souvent dessinés par son épouse. Il execute un piano pour Bechtein qui sera présenté à l’exposition de la Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society en 1893.

Les deux canapés que nous présentons ici incorporent les éléments naturalistes de l’Art Nouveau aux lignes épurées du movement Arts & Crafts.

 

Walter Frederick Cave was an architect with a successful practice which he established in London in 1889.  His few designs for furniture were complimented by work in metal, and also wallpaper and textiles, the latter often designed by his wife.  A piano, designed by Cave for Bechstein, was exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society in 1893. 

The present lot incorporates naturalistic Art Nouveau elements into the clear structural lines of the Arts & Crafts movement.