Chair
P. E. Gane Ltd
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Birch, textile
Measurements
103 cm (H); 64.5 cm (W); 80 cm (D)
Place of origin
Bristol
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Monk's House, Rodmell, East Sussex
NT 768243
Summary
A bentwood birch 'Famulus' chair, designed by J.P. Hully and made by P.E. Gane Ltd of College Green, Bristol, circa 1930. With bentwood arms and sledge feet, loose textile cushions.
Provenance
Purchased from Gorringe's Auctioneers, Lewis in 2003. Monk's House was bequeathed to Sussex University where the auction vendor's late husband was in charge of the University's horticulture. On reporting a shed in the garden was very dilapidated and contained furniture with woodworm, he was instructed to burn the shed and contents. At this time the Vendor asked if she could keep this chair and restore it. Apparently Virginia Woolf bought some of these chairs in the late 1930's and gave one to Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, which now resides in The Studio at Charleston.
Makers and roles
P. E. Gane Ltd, maker J. P. Hully, designer