CIRCA 1865, DESIGNED BY CHARLES BEVAN, PROBABLY MANUFACTURED BY MARSH & JONES

Charles Bevan was a commercial furniture designer active in the third quarter of the 19th century, who together with Bruce Talbert and J.P. Seddon among others, supplied designs in the Geometric Gothic idiom to firms such as Gillows, Holland & Sons, Lamb of Manchester and Marsh & Jones of Leeds; the latter appeared on Bevan’s advertising, described as 'Mediaeval Cabinet-Makers’. One of Bevan’s most notable Gothic commissions in collaboration with Marsh & Jones was for Titus Salt junior, the West Riding industrialist. Bevan’s interpretation of Gothic is noted for its sense of moderation even in his more elaborate designs.

See also lot 27.