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

Details

A REFORMED GOTHIC OAK ‘NEW REGISTERED' RECLINING CHAIR
CIRCA 1865, DESIGNED BY CHARLES BEVAN, PROBABLY MANUFACTURED BY MARSH & JONES
The chamfered and pierced X-shaped frame incised with stylised patterns with brass hardware and castors, covered in turquoise velvet, stamped 'W.G.P.', the castors stamped 'COPE'S/PATENT'
39. ½ in. (100 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Paul Reeves, February 1992.

Literature

B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 68, 82.
M. Levy, ‘Living with antiques: A collection of Victorian decorative arts’, Antiques, June 2000, pp. 948-955, p. 951, fig. 2 (design), pl. v.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
The Fine Art Society, The John Scott Collection: Modern English Design from the 1860s and 1870s, London, 2014, no. 2 (a variant of this model).

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Lot Essay

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.

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