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Sir Frank Brangwyn R.A. (British 1867 - 1956) A rare and important 1930's oak dressing chest manufactured by E Pollard & Co Ltd to a design by Frank Brangwyn, the rectangular chest with two short drawers above two long recessed drawers, all below a rectangular swing mirror with plain supports, applied metal label 'DESIGNED BY FRANK BRANGWYN RA, Manufacturers E POLLARD & Co Ltd,? height 138cm x width 76cm x depth 55cm.
Notes: In 1930 Brangwyn undertook his first commercial venture in furniture design and produced a selection of items manufactured by E Pollard and Co Ltd, famous furniture makers and shopfitters.The finished pieces were displayed in a series of rooms in Pollard's showrooms on Oxford Street complete with carpets, glassware, ceramics and light fittings all designed by Brangwyn and made by manufacturers such as Whitefriars Glassworks, Doulton & Co and Templeton and Co. The full range can be seen in a fully illustrated catalogue produced by Pollards in 1930. It is very possible the dressing chest came from this exhibition.?
This dressing table has bee included as number F3144 in the Catalogue Raisonne by Dr Libby Horner -??Furniture/Smaller Furnishing Items - F (253)
described as:
?'Simple dressing table in lightly fumed and polished oak with two large recessed drawers and two smaller drawers above. The top has a swing mirror. Utilitarian item with no decoration, Arts and Crafts feel'
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Frank Brangwyn is best known as a painter and little focus has been given to his ventures into interior decoration and furniture design.His?approach to furniture design was rooted in the principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement: honest design enhanced by quality craftsmanship and appropriate materials. The chest in this sale perfectly exemplifies Brangwyn's simple paired down designs, having no unnecessary decoration, rather an almost stark design?characteristic?of the movement.?
It would appear he did three main commissions, two are documented, the third is not. The commission in 1930 is the second of three and has contemporaneous documentation to accompany it. The first was illustrated inThe Studio, vol.19, 1900, pp 173 - 180?.?At his death, he is known to have designed 253 pieces of furniture.