BEDSIDE CABINET, CHEVAL MIRROR AND TWO DIVAN HEADBOARDS, 1956-61

Details

EDWARD BARNSLEY
BEDSIDE CABINET, CHEVAL MIRROR AND TWO DIVAN HEADBOARDS, 1956-61
mahogany with tooled red leather with gilt design; the mirror is blackbean and sycamore
cabinet: 28 in. (71 cm.) high; 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep; mirror: 64¾ in. (164.5 cm.) high; 18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.7 cm.) deep; headboards: 40 in. (101.6 cm.) high; 40½ in. (102.9 cm.) wide
stamped marks Barnsley to headboards (4)

Literature

Annette Carruthers, Edward Barnsley and his Workshop; Arts and Crafts in the Twentieth Century, Oxford, 1992, p. 158, pl. 76 (she refers to the bedside cabinet as having tooled leather panels by Peter Waters, Roger Powell's assistant, and to its having been made by Clive Balcombe in 157 hours)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In a letter dated July 30th 1956 Barnsley comments to the client:
"I am returning the tracing of headboards to the divans, because if we do use the leather panels, with tooled decoration, I think that these designs will develop well. We should, of course, make full size templates or cartoons before going further, and these I should send to you later on".

The invoice for the cheval mirror, dated June 1961, describes it as having been made: "in a sandwich construction with the sycamore between the blackbean to strength [sic] and decoration". The invoice is for £102.

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