An Arts & Crafts Cotswold School Walnut Tea Trolley by . Perfect as a side table or trolley, with the unusual addition to 2 good sized drawers for storage. Featuring:
Rectangular top with push handles.
Square section legs.
Lower shelf.
2 drawers (made with single plank fronts solid drawer carcasses) with handmade handles.
Approximate dimensions are:
Overall Height 720mm (2 feet 4 1/4 inches).
Overall Length 740mm (2 feet 5 inches).
Overall Width 410mm (1 foot 4 inches).
If you need a very exact dimension, or one we haven't included, feel free to contact us and we will measure it for you.
c. 1970.
Very good condition with excellent rich colour and grain, smoothly sliding drawers, tight joints and original finish., A few very minor marks and dints discoverable upon close inspection, although less than expected with an item that has been in use for 50 or so years. If you wish to have further specific photographs or talk to us for a more detailed condition report then please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Walnut is truly special timber with a delicious range of brown and grey creamy colours. The amount of feature depends on where the tree was grown, the best being English with its decorative grain, deep colouring, lustre and durability. It is highly prized for high class furniture, although its high cost and scarcity mean that solid walnut is only found in the very best items.
The Cotswold School was a development of the Arts and Craft Movement started largely by Ernest Gimson and the brothers Sidney and Ernest Barnsley. The furniture is instantly recognisable with its simple lines, attention to the finest of details, and use of beautiful materials.
Cotswold School designs were crafted from local materials using traditional tools and techniques and with decorative details derived largely from utilitarian elements: exposed joinery, unusual panels, interesting pulls and latches crafted either from wood or from metal using traditional smithing techniques, and close attention to form as well as to wood grain and pattern. Where decorative details were added they generally took the form of traditional embellishment such as exposed joints, chamfered edges and chip carved edge details.
The style was embraced and developed by other designers and craftsmen including Gordon Russell, Stanley Webb Davies in Cumbria, Sid Barnsley's son Edward, Arthur Romney Green in Hampshire, Robin Nance in St Ives and Ambrose Heal are a handful of such men out of many. The best developed their own style within the established tradition.
An Arts & Crafts Cotswold School Walnut Tea Trolley by . Perfect as a side table or trolley, with the unusual addition to 2 good sized drawers for storage. Very good condition with excellent rich colour and grain, smoothly sliding drawers, tight joints and original finish., A few very minor marks and dints discoverable upon close inspection, although less than expected with an item that has been in use for 50 or so years.
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Arts & Crafts Cotswold School Walnut Tea Trolley
Handicraft Antiques specialises in high quality Arts & Crafts Movement and Yorkshire School furniture from about 1900 onwards. Central to our philosophy is to sell furniture and furnishings that exhibit great design, outstanding quality of workmanship, are made with beautiful materials and are functionally useful and useable. Many of our items will be of a similar cost to a modern mass produced equivalent, yet are likely to hold their financial value, or even appreciate over time, whereas inferior mass produced new items are very likely to quickly lose value. Our stock typically reflects some of the best designers and makers of their period including, Ernest Gimson, Peter Waals, Arthur Simpson, Stanley Webb Davies, Gordon Russell, Edward Barnsley, Liberty, Ambrose Heal, Robert Mouseman Thompson, Alan Grainger, Peter Hall of Staveley and numerous other craftsmen from the Arts and Crafts Movement, but also selected other items by less well known makers that are just beautifully designed and made.
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We aim to be as accurate and honest as possible with our descriptions so that you know exactly what you are buying and ensure there are no nasty surprises. There is of course a subjective element to describing the condition of items, so if something is not as clear as it should, be please ask for clarification. It's not normally possible or desirable to restore items to perfect as new condition, so unless otherwise stated you should expect items to have some character - small amounts of age related wear and tear, such as light scratches, tiny chips/dings, minor marks and slight colour variations. These won't detract from the overall appearance and are generally only noticeable on close inspection.
