An Arts & Crafts Cotswold School Mahogany Dresser by Liberty & Co c. 1920. A useful and stylish dresser of more proctical propotions than many Liberty dressers!. Featuring:

• Shelved back with central clear bullseye and leaded glazed cupboard.

• Solid Mahogany.

• Base with overhanging top.

• Single drawer (made with single plank front solid drawer carcasses joined with hand-cut lap and through dovetails).

• Original brass handles.

Approximate dimensions are:

• Overall Height 1690mm (5 feet 6 1/2 inches).

• Overall Width 1380mm (4 feet 6 1/4 inches).

• Overall Depth 550mm (1 foot 9 1/2 inches).

c. 1920.

An example of this design can be seen at Tennant’s ‘20th Century Design’ sale on 05 Oct 2024, Lot 173.

Very good condition with snugly closing doors, smoothly sliding drawers, good rich colour and grain and original finish. Some minor marks and dints, as expected with an item that has been in use for almost a century. If you wish to have further specific photographs or talk to us for a more detailed condition report then please do not hesitate to contact us.

A Prestigious Company in the Design and Marketing of Arts and Crafts Furniture. Renowned for its imaginative design, high quality craftsmanship and famous London based retail location, it has produced some of the most desirable furniture of modern times.

Mahogany has traditionally ranked among the finest cabinet woods and is exceptionally stable and clear with a natural luster.

The Cotswold School was a development of the Arts and Craft Movement started largely by Ernest Gimson and the brothers Sidney and Ernest Barnsley. The furniture is instantly recognisable with its simple lines, attention to the finest of details, and use of beautiful materials. Cotswold School designs were crafted from local materials using traditional tools and techniques and with decorative details derived largely from utilitarian elements: exposed joinery, unusual panels, interesting pulls and latches crafted either from wood or from metal using traditional smithing techniques, and close attention to form as well as to wood grain and pattern. Where decorative details were added they generally took the form of traditional embellishment such as exposed joints, chamfered edges and chip carved edge details. The style was embraced and developed by other designers and craftsmen including Gordon Russell, Stanley Webb Davies in Cumbria, Sid Barnsley's son Edward, Arthur Romney Green in Hampshire, Robin Nance in St Ives and Ambrose Heal are a handful of such men out of many. The best developed their own style within the established tradition.