William Morris, Five Ebonized Rush Seat Sussex Side Chairs and Matching Armchair

A pair of English Cotswold School Arts & Crafts oak lattice back armchairs with subtle arches to the lattice backs, shaped arms, and pegged construction retaining the original rush s...

E G Punnet Attri, for William Birch Set of Four Glasgow School Oak & Rush Chairs and probably made by William Birch retailed by Liberty and Co, consisting of two armchairs two single...

Liberty and Co. A set of six Arts & Crafts oak rush seat dining chairs with arrow head details to the tops and turned legs united by a H-stretcher. Consisting of two armchairs and four singles. Last two images, show a variation of the same chairs from:- The Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th...

Liberty and Co, a pair of Arts & Crafts ladder back side chairs with the original finely laid rushed seats and stylish simple upright details to the fronts, uniting the front stretch...

Liberty & Co. Made by William Birch A pair of English Arts & Crafts oak rush-seat dining chairs. These chairs have been totally restored and had new rush professionally laid to the ...

In the style of Liberty and Co. A set of five English Arts & Crafts oak dining chairs consisting of two armchairs and three singles all with stylized floral cut-out details to the b...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely very rare and collectable William Morris Rush seat Sussex armchair circa 1870-1880 as seen in the Victorian and Albert museum The History This chair was named after a country chair found in Sussex, which inspired the design with the turned frame and rush seat. Similar types of chairs, with imitation bamboo frames and rush seats, were fashionable between 1790 and 1820. Ownership & Use William Morris and his wife, Jane, used Sussex chairs in their first home, Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent, from 1860 and subsequently in their London house, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. Morris's great friend, the artist Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) had Sussex armchairs in his studio, as did the sculptor, Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934). Robert Edis recommended this chair as 'excellent, comfortable and artistic' in his influential book, 'Decoration and Furnishing of Town Houses in 1881'. Examples from the Sussex range were supplied for students' rooms at Newnham College...

Eight English Sussex armchairs circa 1880-1910. Hand-crafted in ebonized beech with rush seats, this collection represents the work of two late 19th c...

Very rare beautiful armchair made of solid oak with a wicker woven seat. You see these chairs normally as corner chairs but very rarely as a "normal" chair. Fit perfectly with the ...

Beautiful armchairs from the 1970s made of solid oak with a wicker woven seat. Fit perfectly with the style of designers such as Charlotte Perriand and Charles Dudouyt. Comfortable...

Incredible Art Nouveau Game. 1 Sofa 2 Armchairs 4 chairs Material: Wood, reupholstered with springs and elastic band (as it was in the old days) Country: England If you have any que...

Pair of comfortable armchairs in beech or oak with woven rush seats. Great side chairs or dining chairs. In the style typical of chalet and chateau residences from mid-century France...