PETER WAALS (DUTCH 1870-1937), AFTER DESIGNS BY ERNEST GIMSON (BRITISH 1864-1919)
PAIR OF ARTS & CRAFTS SIDE TABLES, CIRCA 1930
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Auction: 19 March 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
oak (2)
Dimensions
76cm high, 91cm wide, 60cm deep (30in high, 36in wide, 24in deep)
Provenance
Rachel Ward (nee Rothenstein) and Alan Ward
thence by family descent.
Mallams, Oxford, 13th May 2015, lot 426
Footnote
Literature: Lethaby W. R.; Powell A. H.; Griggs, F.L. Ernest Gimson; His Life & Work, London 1924, pl. 30, where a table of related design is illustrated.
Rachel Rothenstein was daughter of Sir William Rothenstein, and sister to Michael Rothenstein. The Rothenstein family had close connections to the Cotswold School of artists and commissioned work by a number of the artists and craftsmen