The studio ceramics offered at the Mallams Oxford (20% buyer’s premium) Design, Modern British and Post-War Art sale were the major talking point (see ATG No 2324), but furniture by major late 19th century and early 20th century makers also made an impact.
The December 7 sale included not only another tranche of superbly provenanced Cotswolds work by Peter Waals, but also an armchair identified as made by Gillows, c.1875, to a design by the great Edwin William Godwin (1833-86), the hugely influential architect and designer.
The armchair could not be identified in Susan Weber’s important 1999 book on Godwin but, as auctioneer Philip Smith said, the book is not exhaustive.