Ernest Gimson – Cabinet on stand, 1903-1905

Ernest Gimson

Cabinet on stand, 1903-1905

Walnut, metal loop handles
h. 126 cm - w. 50,5 cm - d. 37,5 cm

PROVENANCE : British art market, 1990's - Paul Reeves, London - Private collection, Scotland - Thence by descent - Bonhams, London, 13th June 2017, lot 13.

SIMILAR PIECES : A cabinet of identical shape, made in burr elm but without the stand, sold at Sotheby's, London, on 28th April 2009, lot 2. This cabinet, or another example like it, can be seen in a period photograph of Gimson's Daneway House showrooms in Sapperton, Gloucestershire, which weren't fully set up until July 1903.

COLLECTION : British private collection