GEORGE EDMUND STREET (1824-1881) FOR GILLOW & CO.

PAIR OF OAK 'KLISMOS' SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1870

Paul Reeves: An Eye for Design feat. Textiles as Art II | 548

Auction: 14 February 2019 at 11:00 GMT

£1,250

Description

each with horizontal carved seat back rail above a linen-fold splat with curved brackets, surmounting a leather covered seat, the upholstery covering the original and intact caned seat, raised on outswept legs (2)

Dimensions

46cm wide, 90cm high, 45cm deep

Footnote

Literature: Whiteway, Michael and Gere, Charlotte 'Nineteenth Century Design: From Pugin to Mackintosh', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993, p.145, pl.176 where a side chair in this design is illustrated.
Note: Street designed these 'Klismos' chairs for the Law Courts (now the Royal Courts of Justice) which he also designed and which were opened by Queen Victoria in 1882. A competition for the Law Courts was held in 1864, from which no clear winner emerged. Street was appointed, with George Gilbert Scott, who soon resigned leaving him as the sole architect.