A rare oak side chair designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey

A rare oak side chair designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, the oak frame, back with extended uprights to the arched top, with carved grove , the back splat with carved heart-shaped motif, over square legs joined with stretchers, drop in rush seat, paper exhibition label C.18 Dining Chair (Vic Soc),

102cm. high

Provenance

The Victorian Society

Exhibited

Blackwell House, The Arts and Crafts House, Windermere, on loan from 2001.

Literature

Wendy Hitchmough C.F.A Voysey, page 130 no.26 for a comparable example illustrated

The Best of British Design from the 19th and 20th Centuries- Paul Reeves The Auction, Sotheby's London, lot 109 for a comparable chair.

Karen Livingstone C.F.A Voysey, Arts and Crafts Designer, V&A Publications, page 197 catalogue number 251 for an example of this chair design from The Crabtree Collection illustrated. The maker attributed to F C Nielsen. Catalogue number 250 for a comparable chair illustrated in the Library at Garden Corner, 13 Chelsea Embankment.