24th Oct, 2024 10:00

The Art & Design Sale

 
Lot 266
 

266

Paul Matt for Brynmawr Furniture, a set of twelve Arts & Crafts oak 'Mount' dining chairs

each with lattice back design and drop-in rush seats, some labelled to underside
89 x 42 x 46cm

Sold for £700


Condition Report
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All chairs have some colour fading and dryness to the top of the backs, also water damage to base of legs. Rushwork generally sound with only minor (non structural) damage  or rubbing and surface dirt. Waxed finish to the wood. All have ivorine makers label. Some chairs have some front to back movement, I have mentioned this where particularly noticeable. Nearly all have minor splits to the tops of the legs. Surface splashes and minor marks to the surface. No worm.

chair 1 - with number eight to frame and drop in rushed seat. Ivorine makers label. Split or break to right leg has been dowelled. Ply base to seat seems to be original. 
chair 2 - with number O to the frame and 8 to the drop in rushed seat. Ivorine makers label. 
chair 3 - with number 6 or 9 to frame, and 5 to drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. Loss to top of left leg into the joint, and repaired break to both front oak corners of drop in seat frame. Squeaks and some movement in the frame.
chair 4 - numbered 8 to the frame and 0 to the drop in rushed seat. Ivorine makers label. Minor split to top of right leg. Graze to top of left leg with uneven surface finish. 
chair 5 - numbered 1 to the frame and 1 to the drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. Minor repair to top of left leg where drop in seat has broken small piece off when dropped in.
chair 6 - numbered 2 to the frame and 2 to the drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. Loss to top of right leg (shown)
chair 7 - numbered 5 to the frame and 6 to the drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. Small splits to top of left leg 
chair 8 - numbered 4 to the frame and 3 to the drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. Small splits to tops of legs 
chair 9 - numbered 5 to the frame and 4 to the drop in seat. ivorine makers lable. small split to left leg
chair 10 - numbered 3 to the frame and 1 to the drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. Small split top of right leg runs down into the rail.
chair 11 - numbered 11 to the frame with 11 drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. small splits to top of legs, surface paint
chair 12 - numbered in pencil 7, incised 7 to the drop in seat. Ivorine makers label. small splits to top of the legs.

 

Auction: The Art & Design Sale, 24th Oct, 2024

For our final Art & Design Sale of the year, we are pleased to offer works from the following collections:
The late Lord Myners, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Tate, whose collection largely centres around the St Ives school of painting; the actor and connoisseur Quentin Stevenson, who is offering the largest collection of Elisabeth Vellacott works to be sold at auction; the late Sam Alper OBE who, through his work at the Curwen Press, was instrumental in championing the British print market.

From private collections, we are happy to offer three previously lost works, including a rare Christopher Dresser teapot, a Patrick Heron oil, and a John Craxton oil from the estate of the late Gigi Richter.

View the page-turner catalogue here

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