Cabinet
Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 - 1942)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Oak, sycamore or holly inlay, brass handles
Measurements
188 x 65 x 48 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214004
Summary
An oak and inlaid cabinet on stand, designed by C. R. Ashbee, circa 1900. The overhanging cornice inlaid with a repeating star motif, above a pair of fielded-panel doors with twin upper smaller panels also inlaid with the star motif, and a further horizontal door below, the stand with thickly-moulded apron and baluster-turned legs headed with corner spandrels. A line drawing of this cabinet appeared in the 'Studio' (1898), as illustrated in Jeremy Cooper, 'Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors', Fig. 528-531.
Full description
Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) was a founder member of the Guild of Handicraft, formed in 1888. Initially based in the East end of London on the Mile End Road, it moved to Chipping Campden in 1902. Ashbee designed most of the furniture that it produced. After commissions in Germany and Hungary, there was widespread admiration in Europe for its products. However, it closed in 1907.
Makers and roles
Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 - 1942), designer
References
Cooper, Jeremy 'Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors (1987), Fig. 528-531