BY LIBERTY & CO, DESIGNED BY LEONARD FRANCIS WYBURD, THE DESIGN REGISTERED 1884

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AN EGYPTIAN REVIVAL RED PAINTED 'THEBES' STOOL
BY LIBERTY & CO, DESIGNED BY LEONARD FRANCIS WYBURD, THE DESIGN REGISTERED 1884
The dished seat supported on three outswept legs, the underside with Liberty & Co paper label, numbered ‘Rd. 16674’
13 in. (33.5 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 11 in. (28.5 cm.) deep

Literature

B. Morris, Liberty Design, London, 1989, pp. 102-103.
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 218.

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Lot Essay

The present stool was one of three designs retailed at Liberty & Co in the 1880s. Leonard Wyburd based his models after the 18th dynasty Thebes stools he had seen on display at the British Museum (see Museum number EA2481).
Further mention of these stools can be found in 'The Journal of the Decorative Art Society', no. 27, 2003, pages 81-93.
Killen, Ancient Egyptian Furniture, (1966), p.44, no.17, pl.169.

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