Edwin Lutyens Furniture

A Neo-Classical marble fireplace in Tinos green marble, with inlaid Statuary. The jambs with fluted Statuary columns and carved floral detail to corner blocks. The frieze comprises o...

A fine and grand neoclassical chimneypiece in statuary marble with Siena marble inlay. The boldly carved breakfront shelf sits above a high relief egg and dart undershelf and a finel...

A fine vintage Lutyens style teak English garden bench after Sir Edwin Lutyens, the British architect renowned for his imaginative, classic designs throughout England, Ireland, and New Delhi (India). Featuring a high-arched back for comfort and graceful, rolled arms - an overall look of elegance for an outdoor or indoor garden...

A large, Georgian style architectural fireplace in veined Arabescato marble, English, modern. Measures: Shelf Width: 2100 mm 82 5/8 in Overall Height: 1335 mm 52 1/2 in ...

Very fine early 20th century Georgian style mantel, having floral carved egg and dart molding over bolection molded opening having applied composition decoration with foliate sprays and scrolls, now stripped. Removed from a prominent Westchester home designed by Mott Schmidt...

An English Portland stone fireplace in the manner of Edwin Lutyens. The moulded jambs surmounted by barrel frieze with plain centre. Moulded shelf above. One of a pair, with Stock No...

A stylish architectural fireplace, a copy of an original by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The ogee and bolection detailing of the frieze and jambs respectively gives an elegant yet simple feel....

A carved fire surround from Sir Winston Churchill’s drawing room. This carved pine fire surround combines elements of both Rococo and Palladian designs. It has a shaped cornice abov...

A beautiful St Anne’s marble chimneypiece of late Georgian form, originally from Holderness House, Hull. The moulded shelf sits on bedding mouldings above a s...

An impressive and monumental piece, this large reclaimed contemporary fire surround is a rare find. The arched form is adorned with organic and finely carved feminine depictions. C...

This pine chimneypiece has a swan-neck pediment supporting three pedestals, with dentil and leaf borders. There is a central limewood oval portrait of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney carved in relief and suspended by acanthus and tied ribbons. The frieze below is also applied with limewood carving of naval trophies, emblematic of seamanship and learning, flanking a central tablet depicting a reclining Marine Society boy. The supports are composed of large fluted columns with Ionic capitals and edged with egg and dart borders and leaf-carved mouldings. English, 1775. Provenance: Supplied by Mr. Tousey for the Committee Room of the Marine Society at No. 54 Bishopsgate Street, London, in April 1775 at a cost of £30.15s 6d removed to Clark’s Place, Bishopsgate Street, London, in 1891 Published: Woodman, Richard “…..of daring temper 250 years of the Marine Society.” London 2006, pp 24-25. Bosanquet, Henry T. A., The Marine Society, A Catalogue of the Pictures and other Works of Art, 1905, p. 14. The Marine Society is the world’s oldest public maritime charity and was the brainchild of Jonas Hanway. In 1756, at the beginning of the Seven Years’ War, he reflected on Britain’s woefully undermanned and ill-equipped navy. His idea was to ensure that young men and boys who wished to ‘learn the duty of seaman…shall be handsomely clothed and provided with bedding, and their charges born down to the ports where His Majesty’s Ships lye with all other proper encouragement.’ During the ensuing hostilities the Society equipped 5,140 men and 4,787 boys for the Navy. In 1793 Admiral Lord Nelson, a governor of the Society, requested 20 lads to join his 64-gun ship Agamemnon at Chatham. By the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, at least 15% of British naval manpower was being supplied, trained and equipped by the Marine Society. By 1774, the Society had outgrown its offices in the Royal Exchange and moved to 54 Bishopsgate Street. Detailed minutes of the weekly Committee meetings describe the furnishing of the Society’s new Committee Room, including ‘a carved chimneypiece...

A rare Irish chimneypiece of grand proportions in statuary marble. The generous moulded shelf rests over a wide panelled frieze which is mounted with a tablet of exceptional quality....