Arts and Crafts - 21 Jun 2017

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A cast iron fireplace the design attributed to Charles Robert Ashbee and made at the Guild of...

£3,000 - £5,000

A cast iron fireplace the design attributed to Charles Robert Ashbee and made at the Guild of Handicrafts, cast with a frieze of Art Nouveau tulip flowers, flanked with cast dove corbels supporting a shelf, the upper section with similar cast doves and central copper mounted circular mirror, with fire basket, 202cm. high.

Literature

Style & Spirit Paul Reeves & the House Beautiful, Christie's South Kensington, 12th June 2013, lot 627 for an identical fireplace illustrated.

The Best of British Designs from the 19th and 20th Century, Paul Reeves/Sotheby's selling exhibition,14-20 March 2008 page 118 catalogue number PR98 for a comparable fireplace.

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