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Lot 707

JOHN PARISH WHITE (1855-1917) THE PYGHTLE WORKS: A SET OF SEVEN OAK ARTS AND CRAFTS CHAIRS

with elongated arched high backs and tapered splats, drop-in part-rush seats, supported by 'X'-frame' stretchers, terminating on carved square tapered legs, 125cm high x 62cm wide x 55.5cm deep (7)

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Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
Hammer price: £1,200
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Note: The Pyghtle Works was established in 1896 by John Paris White in Bedford, Bedfordshire. It was aptly described in an advert in 'The Studio' (1900) as 'a manufacturer of wood chimney pieces... garden furniture, every description of high-class joinery...'. Indeed they manufactured furniture to the esteemed designs of Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, C.F.A Voysey, C.H.B Quennell and George Jack amongst others; as well as manufacturing general stock and making special commissions to order.

They notably exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, in 1900 and 1903.



 


 

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Please note only one chair has the brass label Pyghtle Works 

The chairs have been numbered one to seven and seven has the label

All chairs have scratches, minor knocks and losses to the wicker seating however they are all stable and fit for purpose. Three have the same wicker and three have another pattern to the reed implying possible replacement.


They all have later added foot protector covers and some are chipped and on two they are missing which makes the chair uneven on the floor but this does not affect the stability or the original furniture.


One chair has a broken back cane (attaches to the shoe) which will need repair and also has one cane to the back seat rest has a break to the top (it is attached but partly missing with the nail protruding.



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