China cabinet 14.1969

Designed by Peter Waals and made in his Chalford workshop

Cuban mahogany with ebony

212 x 188.5 x 50cm

 

This piece was developed from a design for a china cabinet by Ernest Gimson dated 1917 illustrated here. The original cabinet was commissioned by Gimson’s cousin, Kingsley Gimson. It seems likely that it was Kingsley Gimson who asked for a design in the 18^th-century tradition as period features such as the curved top were unusual in Gimson’s work.

Waals combined the 18^th-century elegant curves with typically Cotswold features such as the chamfered supports to the upper section of the cabinet.  This piece was made by Ernest Smith; it was an expensive piece which cost £288.2.0

 

Presented by H W Goddard in 1969

14 A 1969