The Arts and Crafts Furniture of

Shapland & Petter

A selling exhibition

Wednesday 1 November until 20 November 2005
Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm Sunday 12 to 5pm

The Millinery Works Gallery, 

85/87 Southgate Road, Islington
London N1 3JS
 

At the turn of the 19th century the popularity of the furniture and effects inspired by the Arts & Crafts Movement was at its zenith. The demand was so high that a great number of ‘commercial’ firms entered into large scale production to satisfy the market.

Very few of these companies were ever able to produce goods of the high quality of craftsmanship or control of design that the Arts & Crafts Movement sought to champion. A few notable exceptions stand out from these commercial firms.

One such company who produced some exceptional pieces was Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple. A fusion of the latest technologies coupled with a skilled work-force and the strong influence of Baillie Scott and Wylie & Lochhead, whom they also supplied, allowed them to produce some classic pieces. Their Arts & Crafts designs were typified by their bold use of fine inlays, copper repoussé panels and distinctive cut-outs that captured the public imagination.

Following the extensive exhibition held at the Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon earlier this year The Millinery Works is pleased to be staging an exhibition, comprising many of the pieces from that exhibition, most of them from the collection of Philip Bowditch, which we feel capture the essence of Shapland &Petter’s distinctive Arts & Crafts designs.We have not produced a catalogue for the event, 
however all items are shown on our website. 

Our exhibition will also coincide with the London launch of the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon’s and Daryl Bennett’s book Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple, Arts & Crafts Furniture, which will be available at the exhibition and in which many of the items for sale in this exhibition are illustrated.

Email  us at Shapland&Petter for further details

Illustration references are to the book that is having its London launch at our exhibition Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple, Arts & Crafts Furniture by Daryl Bennett, published by the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon.

£27 in soft back £40 in hard back plus p&p.

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1.An oak bureau with pictorial inlaid panel, wavy moulded edge and repoussé strap hinges, the fall front encloses drawers and pigeon holes, circa 1900, height 62.75in (159cm) width 39in (99cm) depth 16.75in (42.5cm); illustrated page 13, 2.1

                   (detail of fall)

2.An oak hall robe with pictorial inlaid panels to the upper doors and geometric banding, the interior with elaborate fittings, circa 1900, height 81.75in (208cm) width 54.75in (139cm) depth 19in (48cm); illustrated page 93, 5.52

   (panel detail)

3.An oak bureau bookcase with stencilled panel and inset enamelled heart, circa 1900, height 61.75in (157cm) width 36in (91.5cm) depth 14.5in (37cm); illustrated page 45, 4.13

                             (detail of fall)

4. A walnut wardrobe & dressing table inlaid with mother-of-pearl, abalone and various woods using Glasgow rose motifs, possibly designed by George Logan for Wylie & Lochhead and made by Shapland & Petter, circa 1900,wardrobe height 85in (216cm) width 81in (206cm) depth 26.25in 67cm); dressing table Hdight 60.5in (154cm) width 48in (122cm) depth 22in (56cm) 

5.An oak wardrobe and dressing chest inlaid with pewter, mother-of-pearl, abalone and various woods from a Baillie Scott design and with inset enamel roundels, circa 1900, wardrobe height 82in (208cm) width 68.5in (174cm) depth 23in (58cm); dressing chest height 65in (165cm) width 42in (107cm); illustrated page 105, 6.15 (detail) & page 106 

(wardrobe panel detail)

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