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THE MILLINERY WORKS GALLERY AMBROSE HEAL AND THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT A special selling event at the Tottenham Court Road store to celebrate the unique contribution of Sir Ambrose Heal to the Arts & Crafts Movement Saturday 26 February through to June 2005 Bringing Ambrose Home
"have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
"Heal was instrumental in passing the Morris legacy on into Twentieth century manufactured design" Item 1. A mahogany 'Fine Feathers/Ruskin' wardrobe comprising a central section with cupboard above seven drawers flanked by two hanging cupboards and decorated with pewter and harewood inlay, with motto "Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds" circa 1897. Illustrated top of page An en suite mahogany 'Fine Feathers' three drawer dressing table, with pewter handles below swing mirror, pewter and harewood peacocks inlaid into uprights and chamfered columns supporting silver plated candle holders, with motto "If This Be Vanity, Who’d Be Wise?" circa 1897 Illustrated above A en suite ‘Fine Feathers’ mahogany rush-seated bedside chair with heart cut-out motif, circa 1897. Illustrated above All designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heals & Son. All Illustrated‘ A Note on Simplicity of Design in furniture for Bedrooms’ by Gleeson White. 'Simplicity has been said to be the final refuge of the complex. Nor is the statement really a paradox. To be simple in decoration is always to be good in taste, and as a rule, to fulfill the intended purpose more satisfactorily' | |||||||||
Item 2
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A fine and rare oak Arts & Crafts 'Mansfield' hanging panelled wardrobe with exposed pegged construction and brass drop handles. Designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heals & Son.Circa 1897 See drawing above sold
Item 3
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A seven oak drawers chest of drawers with exposed pegged construction and brass drop handles. Circa 1897. Designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heals & Son. Illustrated above.
Item 4
A fine oak dressing table mirror with shaped and stepped moulding. Designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heals & Son.
Illustrated Simple Bedroom Furniture Circa 1900
Item 5.
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An oak Arts & Crafts ‘Settle chair’ with original fabric to the back and sides and inside arm rests, circa 1899. Designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heal & Son. Illustrated above
Illustrated Simple Bedroom Furniture 1900.
Item 6.
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An oak 'Letchworth' dining table with column legs on sleigh stretcher, circa 1904. Designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heal & Son for Harry Troup show-house in Letchworth New Town. Illustrated above sold
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A fine pair of oak 'Letchworth' dining chairs with ladder backs and rush seating, circa 1904. Illustrated in A Booklet to Commemorate the Life of Sir Ambrose Heal with foreword by John Gloag. Illustrated above
Item 8
A set of six oak 'Letchworth' dining chairs with ladder backs and rush seating, circa 1904. Illustrated in A Booklet to Commemorate the Life of Sir Ambrose Heal with foreword by John Gloag.
Item 9
An oak 'Letchworth' sideboard with two drawers above two doors circa 1904 Designed by Ambrose Heal and made by Heal & Son for Harry Troup show-house in Letchworth New Town. Illustrated in A Booklet to Commemorate the Life of Sir Ambrose Heal with foreword by John Gloag. Similar illustrated below.
For further information email art@millineryworks.co.uk or call 020 7359 2019