Gimson and the Barnsleys: 'Wonderful furniture of a commonplace kind'

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1980. Hardcover. Sienna cloth, gilt letters on spine, tan & color illus. dust jacket, 224 pp. 166 bw plates. G- (Average aging to book and to dj, with some foxing on flyleaves and edge of book block; pages are generally clean.). Item #145373
ISBN: 0237448955

An extensive survey of these Arts and Crafts furniture makers. "'Wonderful furniture of a commonplace kind' is the young Ernest Gimson's description of the contributions of his friend, William Lethaby, to the 1890 Arts and Crafts Exhibition. The description was in a way prophetic and can be aptly applied to the subsequent work of Gimson and the two Barnsley brothers. ... Gimson and the Barnsleys left no written testament yet their lives were enriched by their love of nature and of rural pursuits and fulfilled by the enjoyment derived from their work, with its emphasis on handwork, quality and simple design, in the true spirit of the Movement." (dj).

Price: $45.00

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