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Frode Holm for Illums Bolighus, a Danish Rosewood Lowboard or Console. Sold with CITES permit in place.	Knoll Studio Asymmetrical Chaise by Harry Bertoia. The frame fully stamped by Knoll. The Upholstery a Special Commission from Designers Guild.
Ply Suitcase	Luterma Birch Plywood Storage Suitcase
Luterma Birch Plywood Storage Hatbox	Plywood Hatbox
Selection of Bent Ply Storage Boxed and Cases. Estonian Plywood retailed by Luterma and others. Modernist Minimalist Functionalist Design.	Neville Neal Gimson Rocking Chair
Isamu Kenmochi Stool by Akita Mokko	Andre Sornay Style Armchairs
Marc Newson Wooden Chair by Cappellini	Gerrit Rietveld Steltman Chair by Rietveld Originals. To the 1963 Design by Rietveld for Steltman Jewellers. Cost when new £2400
Gerrit Rietveld Steltman Chair by Rietveld Originals. To the 1963 Design by Rietveld for Steltman Jewellers. Cost when new £2400	Tressera Gavina Bench by Jaime Tessera Clapes. This is a Luxury craftsman made item, in Iroko (African Teak) and Polished Stainless Steel. Price new, £ many thousands.
A Rare Liberty & Co Two Seater Bench Settee. The original rush seat has been replaced with an upholstered seat in Liberty Honeysuckle fabric (after a William Morris Design.) The bench follows closely the Morris bench by Ford Maddox Brown. This example in walnut is the more expensive (at the time ) variant, the ebonies version costing less.	Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs. Earlier than the Superleggera model, thes are in stained ash. Possibly with a lacquer finish but this would appear to have been removed at some time and the chairs re-stained, and re-upholstered.
	Mies van Der Rohe MR10 Possibly by Bamberger Metalwerkstaetten Ca. 1930, but under research. See the link for further pictures showing details.
Mark Beverton Craftsman Made Backgammon Coffee Table. Flame Mahogany Veneer Inlaid as a Backgammon Board. The Legs Have an Interesting Feature in that They are Hollow. See: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Backgammon-Table/651500/1857282/view	Finn Juhl for Baker and made by Saridis of Greece under a collaboration with Baker in the Late 50s and Early 60s. A rare table, suitable size for two person dining, or a rather large lamp! £995
A Unique Late 40s/50s Sideboard by Hille of London. Pre Robin Day design, this would have been a commissioned piece. It is very much in the Italian manner of the time with a definite nod to tribal art also popular at the time. The interior is incredibly well fitted, with shaped line inlaid drawers, and ones segmented and lined for glasses and one bottle drawer. Also a pull out tray. £2650	An outstanding Morris & Co. secretaire display cabinet, profusely inlaid and in superb original unrestored condition. Attributed to George Washington Jack and thought to date to around 1890. £12,500
A Cotswold School ladder back, stamped J. Sparling. Looks very much like a Gardiner chair. There is little or no information regarding J Sparling - could he have been responsible for rushing the Gardiner made chair? £395	A pair of side tables by Jaime Tressera Clapes. Beautiful quality and very expensive when new.
An Early Ashanti or Asante Stool of Small Size	A German Desk Chair dating to 30s/40s. Art Deco in style this has a makers mark of an eagle on a ball with indistinguishable wording, as yet unidentified
Desk Chair, Very Heavy, with unusual cross laminated back- not plywood. Possibly by Pierre Chareau. Under investigation	Cotswold School Chair - Actually one of a set of 3 plus matching armchair
Cotswold School Armchair	Clissett Gimson Armchair

	Heal's Aesthetic Chairs
Painted Gimson Chair	4 Gimson Ladderback chairs
Cotswold School Ladderback Armchair


Arts and Crafts Ladderback Chairs	An unusual American Bowback Windsor chair dating to Ca 1880 and retaining a good deal of the original paint. Rescued from a New Hampshire barn in the late 70s by the family of the previous owner. A beautiful chair!
With Vivienne Westwood Denim Seat	A rare pair of bent ply side chairs by Eric Lyons- these do not stack and have delightful branching ply detail to the frame.
1940s Osvaldo Sanguinetti Chair, Chiavari, Italy	A rare chair by George Walton, A version of his Phiippines chairm this has a different treatment to the top rail of the seatback, close examination reveals differences not possible by adaptation of the better known back, hence a true variant. The chair retains some original gilding around the seat edge. In good condition throughout with no damage to the caning.
As used in the Pinafore room of the Savoy, the complete interior of which was Commissioned from Collinson and Locke	Aesthetic armchair of of exceptional quality Collinson and Lock
An extremely rare, possibly unique set of four stools with solid, shaped teak tops and sides to the curved legs. the curved parts in bent plywood. These came with a matching dining table, also available. The table has smilarly curved supports and a scalloped edge all round (not yet photographed). The matching sideboard has sold. We have seen an identical table with a Betty Joel / Token Works label (in wood frame and under glass). This set has no labels.

Karim Rashid, Bite Me Chair, Cardboard Table, Corrugated Board Table, Cardboard Furniture, ICF Eames, Eames, Aeron, Herman Miller , Howe 40/4, Benchmark Furniture, Vienna Chair, Cerutti, Baleri Italia

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Frode Holm for Illums Bolighus, a Danish Rosewood Lowboard or Console. Sold with CITES permit in place.

Knoll Studio Asymmetrical Chaise by Harry Bertoia. The frame fully stamped by Knoll. The Upholstery a Special Commission from Designers Guild.

Ply Suitcase

Luterma Birch Plywood Storage Suitcase

Luterma Birch Plywood Storage Hatbox

Plywood Hatbox

Selection of Bent Ply Storage Boxed and Cases. Estonian Plywood retailed by Luterma and others. Modernist Minimalist Functionalist Design.

Neville Neal Gimson Rocking Chair

Isamu Kenmochi Stool by Akita Mokko

Andre Sornay Style Armchairs

Marc Newson Wooden Chair by Cappellini

Gerrit Rietveld Steltman Chair by Rietveld Originals. To the 1963 Design by Rietveld for Steltman Jewellers. Cost when new £2400

Gerrit Rietveld Steltman Chair by Rietveld Originals. To the 1963 Design by Rietveld for Steltman Jewellers. Cost when new £2400

Tressera Gavina Bench by Jaime Tessera Clapes. This is a Luxury craftsman made item, in Iroko (African Teak) and Polished Stainless Steel. Price new, £ many thousands.

Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs. Earlier than the Superleggera model, thes are in stained ash. Possibly with a lacquer finish but this would appear to have been removed at some time and the chairs re-stained, and re-upholstered.

Mies van Der Rohe MR10 Possibly by Bamberger Metalwerkstaetten Ca. 1930, but under research. See the link for further pictures showing details.

Mark Beverton Craftsman Made Backgammon Coffee Table. Flame Mahogany Veneer Inlaid as a Backgammon Board. The Legs Have an Interesting Feature in that They are Hollow. See: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Backgammon-Table/651500/1857282/view

Finn Juhl for Baker and made by Saridis of Greece under a collaboration with Baker in the Late 50s and Early 60s. A rare table, suitable size for two person dining, or a rather large lamp! £995

An outstanding Morris & Co. secretaire display cabinet, profusely inlaid and in superb original unrestored condition. Attributed to George Washington Jack and thought to date to around 1890. £12,500

A Cotswold School ladder back, stamped J. Sparling. Looks very much like a Gardiner chair. There is little or no information regarding J Sparling - could he have been responsible for rushing the Gardiner made chair? £395

A pair of side tables by Jaime Tressera Clapes. Beautiful quality and very expensive when new.

An Early Ashanti or Asante Stool of Small Size

A German Desk Chair dating to 30s/40s. Art Deco in style this has a makers mark of an eagle on a ball with indistinguishable wording, as yet unidentified

Desk Chair, Very Heavy, with unusual cross laminated back- not plywood. Possibly by Pierre Chareau. Under investigation

Cotswold School Chair - Actually one of a set of 3 plus matching armchair

Cotswold School Armchair

Clissett Gimson Armchair

Heal's Aesthetic Chairs

Painted Gimson Chair

4 Gimson Ladderback chairs

Cotswold School Ladderback Armchair

Arts and Crafts Ladderback Chairs

An unusual American Bowback Windsor chair dating to Ca 1880 and retaining a good deal of the original paint. Rescued from a New Hampshire barn in the late 70s by the family of the previous owner. A beautiful chair!

With Vivienne Westwood Denim Seat

A rare pair of bent ply side chairs by Eric Lyons- these do not stack and have delightful branching ply detail to the frame.

1940s Osvaldo Sanguinetti Chair, Chiavari, Italy

As used in the Pinafore room of the Savoy, the complete interior of which was Commissioned from Collinson and Locke

Aesthetic armchair of of exceptional quality Collinson and Lock

Archive: Sold Items