furniture, art & design
Pewter biscuit tin
Archibald Knox (Uk 1864-1933)
Pewter & enamel. Circa 1905. Model 0194. 14.5 x 14.5 x 14cm high.
A Liberty & Co. Arts & Crafts / ‘Tudric’ pewter range lidded tin with inset enamels. Designed by Isle of Man designer Archibald Knox. Fully marked to the underside. (It has a knock to one side and one enamel piece is missing)
Price: 1.200 euro
Leonard Wyburd (Uk 1865-1958)
Liberty & Co ‘Thebes stool‘. Designed by Leonard Wyburd. Mahogany 44 x 40 x 34cm high.
(Evidence of a previous Liberty & Co label to underside).
Manufactured circa 1880s whilst Wyburd was head of the furniture and decoration studio at Liberty’s of London.
As the stool’s name implies, the design of this tripod stool was modelled on ancient Egyptian typologies. The design was the basis of similar stools presented later by both Josef Frank and Adolf Loos (as seen at the Möbelmuseum Wien).
Price: 2.200 euro
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