Lot Essay
Peter Waals died in 1937 but his wife and son Leo continued to produce his designs until Leo left for military service in 1939.
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CENTRE TABLE
Details
PETER WAALS; UNITED KINGDOM, WORKSHOP OF
CENTRE TABLE
1939, walnut, with carved and chamfered uprights
30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm.) high; 58¼ in. (148 cm.) diam.
carved Peter Waals Chalford August 1939
CENTRE TABLE
1939, walnut, with carved and chamfered uprights
30 1/8 in. (76.5 cm.) high; 58¼ in. (148 cm.) diam.
carved Peter Waals Chalford August 1939
Literature
Jeremy Cooper, Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors from the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau, London, 1998, p.192, pl.501 (similar design illustrated in situ in Ernest Gimson's sitting room at Sapperton, Gloucestershire).
Special notice
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