Gerald Summers (British 1899-1967) for Makers of Simple Furniture
Trolley, circa 1937-8
£35,200
Auction: 28 October 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
for Isokon, stained ash plywood and brass
Dimensions
68.8cm high, 95.7cm wide, 43.2cm deep (27 1/8in high, 37 3/4in wide, 17 in deep)
Provenance
Provenance:
Barry Friedman Ltd, New York, U.S;
Sandy and Sherwin Schreier, Southfield, Michigan, U.S.
Footnote
Literature:
Ostergard, Derek (ed.), Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 319, fig. 107 (probably this example illustrated)
This trolley design is Summers' only documented design for the company Isokon. Isokon was founded by Jack Pritchard and Welles Coates and they sold furniture by other mid-century modernist designers such as Alvar Aalto and Marcel Breuer. The design featured in the Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850 - 1946, September 1986 to October 1988, organised by The American Federation of Arts and which travelled to nine institutions around the US.