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PROBABLY BY MORRIS & CO., LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A MATCHED SET OF TWELVE BEECH AND ASH 'SUSSEX' DINING CHAIRS
PROBABLY BY MORRIS & CO., LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With a pair of armchairs and rush seats (12)
PROBABLY BY MORRIS & CO., LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With a pair of armchairs and rush seats (12)
Provenance
'Sussex' chairs of this type with rush-seats were sold by Morris and Co. from c. 1865 and their 'simplicity and elegance of proportion' became a symbol for the William Morris look. The prototype derives from a chair found in the workshop of a Sussex carpenter and modifed by Ford Maddox Brown (See J. Andrews, Arts and Crafts Furniture, 2005, p. 21, pl. 13).
Special notice
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