Important Cotswold School large square oak 3 plank top dining table with butterfly jointing.
Base with 4 legs set to a 45 degree angle with chamfered and chip carved detailing united by cross stretcher, through tenon detail and braced chip carved cross stretchers.
Designed and handcrafted by Sidney Barnsley for his own home at Sapperton.
In 1894 Sidney and Ernest Barnsley, together with Ernest Gimson, left London to set up a practice in Pinbury, Gloucestershire. They moved in 1902 to Sapperton, where they established workshops. Sidney stayed true to Arts & Crafts principles, continuing to design and handcraft furniture at his Sapperton home. Gimson and the Barnsleys shaped twentieth‑century furniture by prioritizing honest materials, solid construction, and fine workmanship. Their focus on meticulous handcrafting helped sustain a deep respect for traditional craft skills.
Provenance
This table was purchased at auction in the south of England, alongside this was a desk of which had been commissioned from Sidney Barnsley by the Eckhard family in 1909. Both pieces came from the family’s deceased estate.
The Eckhards ran a successful grocery business in Chichester in the early twentieth century. The desk had previously been offered by the family at Sotheby’s, where it went unsold, and it stayed with them until the estate sale.
As the family were already clients of Sidney Barnsley, it is plausible that the table also passed to them from the Barnsleys directly either from Sidney or later through his only son, Edward Barnsley, whose workshop at Froxfield lies just north of Chichester. As far as we know, it remained with the family from then until the sale
Circa 1906
Width 134cm. Depth 137cm. Height 77cm
Stock reference: F490
Important Cotswold School large square oak 3 plank top dining table with butterfly jointing.
Base with 4 legs set to a 45 degree angle with chamfered and chip carved detailing united by cross stretcher, through tenon detail and braced chip carved cross stretchers.
Designed and handcrafted by Sidney Barnsley for his own home at Sapperton.
In 1894 Sidney and Ernest Barnsley, together with Ernest Gimson, left London to set up a practice in Pinbury, Gloucestershire. They moved in 1902 to Sapperton, where they established workshops. Sidney stayed true to Arts & Crafts principles, continuing to design and handcraft furniture at his Sapperton home. Gimson and the Barnsleys shaped twentieth‑century furniture by prioritizing honest materials, solid construction, and fine workmanship. Their focus on meticulous handcrafting helped sustain a deep respect for traditional craft skills.
Provenance
This table was purchased at auction in the south of England, alongside this was a desk of which had been commissioned from Sidney Barnsley by the Eckhard family in 1909. Both pieces came from the family’s deceased estate.
The Eckhards ran a successful grocery business in Chichester in the early twentieth century. The desk had previously been offered by the family at Sotheby’s, where it went unsold, and it stayed with them until the estate sale.
As the family were already clients of Sidney Barnsley, it is plausible that the table also passed to them from the Barnsleys directly either from Sidney or later through his only son, Edward Barnsley, whose workshop at Froxfield lies just north of Chichester. As far as we know, it remained with the family from then until the sale
Circa 1906
Width 134cm. Depth 137cm. Height 77cm
Stock reference: F490
