EDWARD BARNSLEY (BRITISH 1900-1987)
DRESSER, CIRCA 1935
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Auction: 19 March 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
oak and walnut, with patinated brass handles, probably by Alfred or Norman Bucknell
Dimensions
141cm high, 164.5cm wide, 54cm deep (55 ½in high, 64 ¾in wide, 21 ¼in deep)
Provenance
Herbert and Molly Simon, and by descent
With The Fine Art Society, London
John Minoprio
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh 'The Minoprio Collection', 11 January 2022, lot 24
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers, A. Edward Barnsley and his Workshop, 1992, p.43, fig. 16 where a similar Cotswold-style dresser of 1924 is illustrated.
Herbert Simon (1898-1974) was a friend to many artists, an industrial archaeologist and rail enthusiast who turned the Kynoch Press, Birmingham into one of Britain’s leading fine printing houses.