Collinson and Lock, attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Walnut armchair

Collinson & Lock attributed. A fine quality Aesthetic Movement Walnut circular center table with a shaped apron & fluted legs united by serpentine stretchers.

Collinson and Lock. An Aesthetic Movement Satin walnut breakfront wall cupboard with a dentil cornice, and Japanese basket weave detailing to the brass handle.

Thomas Edward Collcutt for Collinson & Lock. A fine quality Aesthetic Movement Walnut high back chair with later blue upholstery. Illustrated in the Collinson and Lock catalogue.

Collinson and Lock EW Godwin attributed. An Aesthetic Movement Mahogany side cabinet, the upper cupboard doors with contrasting fruit wood panels and little ...

Fine quality mahogany upholstered Aesthetic Movement armchair circa 1880. The chair has an elegant design with it's sweeping arm rests and finely reeded woodwork. It has its original...

These armchairs made of tinted wood are to be linked to another pair of armchairs executed by Gabriel Viardot, and now exhibited at the Decorative Arts Museum in Paris (Inv. 2006.105.1.2). They present a similar asymmetric design and an equal carving quality including the winding dragon on the back. (see picture attached) Gabriel Viardot career began as a wood carver and he produced small furniture, sculpturally carved with naturalistic motifs and animals. In the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, his finely sculpted objects were well received. However, with the increasing importation of similarly produced Swiss and German articles, he found less opportunity for these and decided to innovate. G. Viardot succeeded to his father’s business in 1861 installed rue Rambuteau in Paris, circa 1870 he turned to the idea of producing “Meubles genre Chinois et Japonais”. The taste in Europe for exotic furniture...

19th Century Aesthetic Movement Anglo-Japanese upholstered ebonised armchair in the manner of E. W. Godwin but attributed to H. W. Batley. The armchair is in good condition with its ...

E.W. Godwin (1833-1886) (Attributed Designer) For James Peddle, High Wicombe Aesthetic Movement Armchair, Circa 1880, with moulded seat. Measures 23" in width, 23" in depth and 33" ...