Untitled
workshop of Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1950
Materials
Oak, rush
Place of origin
Warwickshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608296.2
Summary
A set of six oak rush-seated open armchairs, made by Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958) of Warwickshire, circa 1950. This model retailed as 'The Russell'. -- Edward Gardiner partnered Ernest Gimson (1864 - 1919) in Daneway, Gloucestershire, where they opened a chair-making workshop together in 1903. Gimson designed the chairs whilst Gardiner turned and rushed them.
Provenance
Ordered by Sir George Trevelyan, Principal of the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham Park, for use in the Students' Dining Room. A gift to the National Trust from the Shropshire Adult Education College when it left Attingham in the 1970s.
Makers and roles
workshop of Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958), chairmaker