Live Auction 7087The Sunday Sale
A PAIR OF ARTS AND CRAFTS ASH CLISSETT CHAIRS
Lot 87

A PAIR OF ARTS AND CRAFTS ASH CLISSETT CHAIRS

POSSIBLY BY ERNEST GIMSON, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed31 July 2011

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GBP 2,125

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A PAIR OF ARTS AND CRAFTS ASH CLISSETT CHAIRS
POSSIBLY BY ERNEST GIMSON, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with rush seats
45 in. (114.4 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

Philip Clissett, a rural chair maker from Bosbury, Herefordshire (fl.1841-1913) inspired the Cotswold Arts and Crafts movement through the work of Ernest Gimson who learned traditional turned chair-making techniques from him during the 1880s.