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Lot 218
GERALD SUMMERS (1899–1967)
A rare armchair, designed 1934
Closed16 October 2019
Price Realised
GBP 15,000
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GERALD SUMMERS (1899–1967)
A rare armchair, designed 1934
cut and bent sheet of birch-laminated plywood
produced by Makers of Simple Furniture, UK
30 1/8 x 23 7/8 x 35 ½ in. (76.5 x 60.5 x 90.2 cm.)
A rare armchair, designed 1934
cut and bent sheet of birch-laminated plywood
produced by Makers of Simple Furniture, UK
30 1/8 x 23 7/8 x 35 ½ in. (76.5 x 60.5 x 90.2 cm.)
GERALD SUMMERS (1899–1967)
A rare armchair, designed 1934
cut and bent sheet of birch-laminated plywood
produced by Makers of Simple Furniture, UK
30 1/8 x 23 7/8 x 35 ½ in. (76.5 x 60.5 x 90.2 cm.)
A rare armchair, designed 1934
cut and bent sheet of birch-laminated plywood
produced by Makers of Simple Furniture, UK
30 1/8 x 23 7/8 x 35 ½ in. (76.5 x 60.5 x 90.2 cm.)
Private collection, UK;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Other examples of this model illustrated:
Art et Décoration, 1934, p. 59;
Design for Today, June 1934, p. 222;
Architectural Review, December 1935, p. 19;
D.E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, exh. cat, The American Federation of Art, New York, 1987, p. 158, fig. 5-65;
M. Deese, 'Gerald Summer and Makers of Simple Furniture', Journal of Design History, vol. 5, no. 3, 1992, p. 184;
Modern Britain 1929-1939, exh. cat., London, 1999, p. 91;
C. Wilk, Plywood, A Material Story, exh. cat., Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2017, p. 155.
Art et Décoration, 1934, p. 59;
Design for Today, June 1934, p. 222;
Architectural Review, December 1935, p. 19;
D.E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, exh. cat, The American Federation of Art, New York, 1987, p. 158, fig. 5-65;
M. Deese, 'Gerald Summer and Makers of Simple Furniture', Journal of Design History, vol. 5, no. 3, 1992, p. 184;
Modern Britain 1929-1939, exh. cat., London, 1999, p. 91;
C. Wilk, Plywood, A Material Story, exh. cat., Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2017, p. 155.
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