Pair of African Mahogany Side Tables by Edward Barnsley, England, circa 1956 (Out of Stock)

£7,500

SKU: C269

Start Date (circa): 1956

Medium: African Mahogany

Height: 76

Width: 115

Length: 45

Current condition: Very Good Condition

Literature: Lit; Pioneers of Modern Craft; twelve essays profiling key figures in the history of Contemporary Crafts(Studies in Design and Material Culture) by Margot Coatts p17.

Country: United Kingdom

A pair of side tables by Edward Barnsley
African mahogany with Holly stringing.
The "D" shaped tops on octagonal turned legs inlaid with small marquetry roundels joined by inswept stretchers.
The tables were made for the anti-room and designed to be back to back as a centre table.
Measures: 115 cm wide x 45 cm deep x 76 cm high.

Prov; Designed for the private dining room of the Appleby Frodingham steel works, Scunthorpe 1956.
Sold Phillips British Design sale 25th September 2001
Hempsons Solicitors, 40 Villiers St, London
Lit; Pioneers of Modern Craft; twelve essays profiling key figures in the history of Contemporary Crafts(Studies in Design and Material Culture) by Margot Coatts p17.