AESTHETIC MOVEMENT, ART NOUVEAU AND ARTS AND CRAFTS 6-81 Lot 23 Frank Lloyd Wright interest: a painted cast iron and pine architect’s table, c.1880, Keuffel & Esser, New York, manufactured by Peabody of Providence RI, bearing a later brass presentation plaque engraved: ‘THE EASEL/ OF/ FRANK/ LLOYD/ WRIGHT/ NR. 1898 and TO ERNST WASMUTH BERLIN/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF KIND MEMORY/ AND WARM APPRECIATION OF...../ PAST WORK...................FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. TALIESIN/ JUNE 1925’, the board with faint inscription ‘FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT/ AUSGEFÜHRTE BAUTEN UND ENTWÜRFE/ BERLIN/ FUR/ ERNST WASMUTH’, 66cm wide 67cm deep 103cm high £3,000 - 5,000 Provenance: Lyon & Turnbull, ‘Decorative Arts: Design from 1860, 2013’, lot 345; Dr Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin; The Westfair Estate, Malibu.
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Lot 24 An Arts and Crafts inlaid oak table, in the manner of Heal’s, with a rectangular moulded top over a tapering stand, the central slats with chequer inlaid strips below fret cut details, with an undertier, 76.5cm wide 50.5cm deep 70.5cm high £200 - 400
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Lot 25 A walnut dresser and rack, c.1890, in the manner of Morris and Co., the raised back with fret cut spade details, over two shelves and four drawers, the lower section with five drawers, all with loop twisted handles, with Bramah locks, raised on caps and castors, 141.5cm wide 58cm deep 155.5cm high £400 - 600
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