EDWARD BARNSLEY (1900-1987)
PAIR OF ARTS & CRAFTS CHAIRS, 1924
Estimate: £700 - £900
Auction: 19 March 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
oak, with drop-in rush seats (2)
Dimensions
93.5cm high, 43cm wide, 43cm deep (36 ½in high, 17in wide, 17in deep)
Provenance
R.D. Best Esq., Birmingham
Fieldings, Stourbridge 'Decades of Design', 5th October 2019, lot 130
Footnote
Robert Dudley Best of Best & Lloyd Ltd, the inventor of the 'Bestlite'. The Barnsley Workshop daybook notes the entry "R.D. Best Esq, Birmingham, Dec 1924. Bookcase, table, writing desk, two chairs. Nos. 119-123.
£63.2.6 / £9.16.3 / £72.18.9"
Best was at school at Bedales with Edward Barnsley and he may have commissioned these pieces to support Barnsley's new business.