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SIR GORDON RUSSELL (1892-1980)
Lot 157 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION - LOTS 157-159

SIR GORDON RUSSELL (1892-1980)

A SECRETAIRE, 1928

Closed18 October 2017

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GBP 7,500

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SIR GORDON RUSSELL (1892-1980)
A SECRETAIRE, 1928
walnut, yew-wood, ebony
75 ¾ in. (192.5 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.8 cm.) deep
printed and hand-written paper label 'The Russell Workshops Broadway Worcs. This piece of furniture design no. 781 was made throughout in the Russell Workshops Broadway, Worcestershire, Designer: Gordon Russell, Foreman: Edgar Turner' Cabinet Maker: C. Turner, timber used: English walnut, inlay yew tree & ebony, date: 13/12/28'

Commissioned by the Yardley Family;
Mr Alan Richardson;
Pastoral, The Fine Arts Society, London, 2002, No. 49;
From where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Gordon Russell personally only designed furniture for a short period of time following the First World War until 1930, after which works were designed and sold under his name by others.  The items offered in the following lots are for this early period and demonstrate the inspiration he received from the Arts & Crafts movement, in particular by William Morris, Ernest Gimson and C. R. Ashbee.