An Arts & Crafts mahogany extending dining table and eight chairs by Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) for Heal & Son
An Arts & Crafts mahogany extending dining table and eight chairs by Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) for Heal & Son
5590
The table with pull-out extendable leaves on four square section legs terminating in semi-spherical ebonised ball feet and joined by an H-stretcher.
En suite with two carvers and six side chairs in mahogany, each with an ebonised lattice back and an upholstered drop-in seat.
England, circa 1918
Dining table:
H 76cm
W (closed) 122cm
W (extended) 229cm
D 122cm
Carvers:
H 92cm
W 51cm
D 51cm
Side chairs:
H 88cm
W46cm
D 46cm
Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 59, where a dining room suite of identical design is illustrated "in the Mansard Flat on the fourth floor, c.1918, decorated and designed by A.H.", and p. 185 where an identical "draw leaf table [...] made in mahogany between 1916 and 1926" is illustrated.
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 122cm W (extended) 229cmD 122cmCarvers:H 92cmW 51cm D 51cm Side chairs:H 88cmW46cmD 46cmLiterature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 59, where a dining room suite of identical design is illustrated "in the Mansard Flat on the fourth floor, c.1918, decorated and designed by A.H.", and p. 185 where an identical "draw leaf table [...] made in mahogany between 1916 and 1926" is illustrated.){kind=link}