Arts & Crafts oak bedroom suite with pewter inlay decoration in the medieval revival style, this style was one of Liberty’s strongest design styles.

Consisting:

Wardrobe with hammered iron fittings

Dressing table with pewter inlay decoration, adjustable mirror, slatted sides, flared uprights and hinged side flaps

Large 6ft wide bed re-worked from 2 singles. Inlaid with pewter having flared uprights Stencilled and leather bound canvas depicting pairs of owls hand painted by Eve Poland in the manner of CFA Voysey.

Washstand with lead top, pewter inlaid decoration, glass doors and leather bound canvas depicting a pair of foxes hand painted by Eve Poland in the manner of CFA Voysey

Circa 1905

Design attributed to Leonard Wyburd

LIBERTY & CO

Wardrobe: Height 218cm Width 315cm Depth 57cm Internal Depth 44cm

Dressing table: Height 163cm Width 133cm Depth 54cm

Width with side flaps open 174cm

Bed:

Headboard: Height 157cm Width 195cm

Footboard: Height 89cm Width 195cm

Overall length 220cm

Mattress size: Width 183cm wide Length 215cm

Washstand: Height 142cm Width 150cm Depth 55cm

Provenance: This suite was commissioned for a house in Swansea circa 1900, the house is a little earlier 1875 in the Gothic style. We bought it directly from the house via auction.

See Liberty’s Centenary Exhibition Catalogue 1875 - 1975 Published by The Victoria and Albert Museum 1975 p43 for a similar example.

Liberty Style by Mervyn Levy - The Classic Years 1898-1910 p62

Liberty Design by Barbara Morris 1874-1914 p122

Eve Poland: evepoland.com