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Sir Basil

Design for Tapestry c. 1930s for George M Hammer furniture designers, London UK
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell and who
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Exclusive & Attractive 1930s poster design - George M Hammer furniture London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Design for Bedroom Furniture. 1930s for George M Hammer designers, London UK
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Design for Walnut Cabinet with Silver Decoration 1930 for George M Hammer London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
renowned for their interior woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Furniture of Distinction 1930s poster design - George M Hammer designers London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Design for Art Deco Marquetry Panels 1927 for Furniture George M Hammer London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Design for Art Deco Marquetry Panels 1927 for Furniture George M Hammer London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell
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1920s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Design for Lounge Furniture. 1929 for George M Hammer designers, London UK
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

D.L Hadden Design for Executive Desks Geo.M.Hammer 1959 Watercolour and Pencil
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of
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1950s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Calligraphy for George M Hammer London Church Fitters post-war reconstruction
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick
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1950s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

D.L Hadden Design for Coat of Arms for Derby County Council Chambers 1956
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell
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1950s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

19th Century Leather Cordite Carrier Umbrella Stand
By Sir Basil Spence
Located in Den Haag, NL
English late 19th century leather cordite carrier, the original carrying handle is lost, Some burn marks, heavily used. Lots of patine. Beautiful brown colors.    
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Umbrella Stands

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Leather

Cecil Beaton - Watercolour Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE (1904-1980) Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936 Signed and bears
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Cecil Beaton - Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon, 1936
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE (1904-1980) Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936 Signed l.r
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

8 Volumes. Jean Froissart, Froissart's Chronicles.
Located in New York, NY
P.Woodroffe. Translated by Sir John Bourchier Lord Berners. Published: Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1927. Handsome
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Early 20th Century English Books

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Leather

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By G Plan Furniture
Located in London, GB
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Teak Extendable Dining Table, G Plan UK c.1960's
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Original Vintage Art Exhibition Poster Saul Steinberg Dessins Recent Drawings
By Saul Steinberg
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Original Vintage Soviet Exhibition Poster Unofficial Art To Perestroika USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet art exhibition poster - 40 лет ленинградского искусства От неофициального искусства к перестройки / 40 Years of Leningrad Art From Unofficial Art to Perestroi...
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Original Vintage Soviet Exhibition Poster Unofficial Art To Perestroika Russia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet art exhibition poster - 40 лет ленинградского искусства От неофициального искусства к перестройки / 40 Years of Leningrad Art From Unofficial Art to Perestroi...
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Original Vintage Art Exhibition Poster Bauhaus Chicago Illinois Herbert Bayer
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Paper

Mid Century Teak Dressing Table by John&Sylvia Reid for Stag, circa 1960s, UK
By Stag Furniture 1, John & Sylvia Reid
Located in CANGAS, ES
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Mid Century Teak Sideboard Model Fresco by Victor Wilkins for G Plan, 1967, UK
By G Plan Furniture, Victor Wilkins
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Six Restored Kai Kristiansen Oak Dining Chairs Custom Reupholstery Included
By Schou Andersen Møbelfabrik, Kai Kristiansen
Located in Knebel, DK
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Antique English Dog Painting Portrait of Border Terrier framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Antique Marble Basin
By Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
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H 7.09 in W 19.3 in D 26.38 in
Original Vintage LMS Railway Poster Lake District Derwentwater Cumbria England
Located in London, GB
Original vintage LMS London Midland & Scottish railway poster for the Lake District featuring scenic artwork depicting a peaceful view of a sailing boat on Derwentwater with the tree...
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Located in London, GB
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Teak "Bishop's Chair" by Sir Basil Spence for Coventry Cathedral
By Sir Basil Spence
Located in New York, NY
edition custom-made for Coventry Cathedral, this chair was designed by Sir Basil Spence in 1960. Sir
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Vintage 1960s English Armchairs

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Steel

Black & White Photograph of Brutalist Architecture, Edinburgh by Egle Kisieliute
By Egle Kisieliute
Located in London, Hertfordshire
. Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh, 1967 Architect: Sir Basil Spence
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Photograph of Brutalist Architecture, Edinburgh University by Egle Kisieliute
By Egle Kisieliute
Located in London, Hertfordshire
, 1967 Architect(s): Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh, 1970
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Ink, Board, Photographic Paper

Gordon Russell Mid-Century Modern Cotswold School Arts & Crafts Ten Oak Chairs
By Gordon Russell
Located in London, GB
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Vintage 1960s Great Britain (UK) Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Point of Departure
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
and Scholarships: 2015- Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation
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2010s Interior Paintings

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Heimlich, Unheimlich VP1
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
and Scholarships: 2015- Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation
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2010s Interior Paintings

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Fragmented Dislocation
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
and Scholarships: 2015- Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation
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2010s Interior Paintings

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Heimlich, Unheimlich VP2
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
and Scholarships: 2015- Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation
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2010s Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Inhabited Space Transcends Geometrical Space
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
- Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Award for 2014 & 2015 2013
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2010s Interior Paintings

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Between House And Universe
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Award for 2014 & 2015 2013- Places and Spaces showdown
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2010s Interior Paintings

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The Phenomenology Of Imagined Space
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Award for 2014 & 2015 2013- Places and Spaces
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2010s Interior Paintings

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The House Shelters Day-Dreaming, The House Protects The Dreamer, The House...
By Stephen Thorpe
Located in Plumpton, GB
existence. Awards and Scholarships: 2015- Battersea Arts Station Purchase Prize 2014- The Basil H. Alkazzi
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Carved Giltwood Console Table
By John Linnell
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
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Carved Giltwood Console Table
Carved Giltwood Console Table
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1930s Design for Master's Chair for British Optical Association - Geo. M Hammer
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell and who
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1920s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

D.L.Hadden 1930s Original Gouache Design for Embroidery for Cushion
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
renowned for their interior woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"The Hound of the Baskervilles, Pes Baskervillský" Czechoslovakian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
1894 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had enjoyed great success with his Sherlock Holmes stories. The eccentric
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A SUNSET VIEW OVER THE TIBER, LOOKING TOWARDS MONTE MARIO, ST PETER'S & ROME
Located in London, GB
was in these years that Wilson was employed by General Sir John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, who he had
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Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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18th Century Neoclassic Polished Steel Fireplace Fender
Located in Savannah, GA
Sir Basil Brooke at Coalbrookdale.
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Design for Art Deco Castle Marquetry Panel 1927 for Furniture Hammer London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking Coventry Cathedral. Dick Russell (brother of Gordon Russell and who
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1920s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Voyages & Travels of Captain Basil Hall, R.N., with Lord Salisbury Autograph
Located in valatie, NY
Voyages & Travels of Captain Basil Hall, R.N. London, Edinburgh, and New York, 1895. Gilt calf
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Antique 1890s English Books

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Leather

Design for Mahogany Hepplewhite Sofa. 1930s for George M Hammer designers London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Design for Walnut Curio Cabinet. 1930s for George M Hammer designers London
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence’s ground-breaking
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1930s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Kingwood Kneehole Desk
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
Buxted Park, the home of Sir Basil Ionedes, and showing quite clearly a conforming parquetry inlaid
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks

Kingwood Kneehole Desk
Kingwood Kneehole Desk
H 32.68 in W 41.74 in D 25.2 in
William and Mary Kingwood Cabinet on Chest
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
Park, the home of Sir Basil Ionedes, and showing quite clearly a conforming parquetry inlaid Kingwood
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Antique Late 17th Century Cabinets

William and Mary Kingwood Cabinet on Chest
William and Mary Kingwood Cabinet on Chest
H 64.97 in W 39.77 in D 19.3 in
William and Mary Kingwood Cabinet on Chest Made by Thomas Pistor in London
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
1950, depicting Buxted Park, the home of Sir Basil Ionedes, and showing quite clearly a conforming
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Antique 1680s English William and Mary Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Kingwood

William and Mary Kingwood Escritoire
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
Park, the home of Sir Basil Ionedes, and showing quite clearly a conforming parquetry inlaid Kingwood
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Desks

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Kingwood

William and Mary Kingwood Escritoire
William and Mary Kingwood Escritoire
H 66.15 in W 46.86 in D 20.87 in
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Sir Basil For Sale on 1stDibs

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How Much is a Sir Basil?

The average selling price for a sir basil we offer is $291, while they’re typically $133 on the low end and $2,846 for the highest priced.