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A SET OF SIX GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK
DINING CHAIRS, AFTER EDWARD
WELBY PUGIN (1834 - 1875),
19th Century, each with curved top rail above leather
upholstered seats raised on curved and chamfered supports,
H-stretcher and front brass ball terminals, 83cm high
These chairs are similar to a set of chairs designed by E.W.
Pugin for the Grange, his family home, in Ramsgate in
about 1864. The Grange was designed and built in 1843-
4 by his father, the architect, A.W.N. Pugin, who also
designed the original furniture. There is also a similar
example in the Victorian & Albert Museum in London.
E.W. Pugin inherited his father’s architectural practice and
followed the same principles when designing furniture,
such as A.W.N. Pugin’s preference for revealed construc-
tion in the pegs holding the legs and stretchers together,
seen here. His influence is also seen in the use of chamfers
or shallow grooves running along the edge of the legs and
back. E.W. Pugin combined his father’s ideas with new
details such as the broad back support in a quite different
chair in the Gothic style. This design influenced commer-
cial furniture firms such as C.& R. Light of London who
advertised a very similar chair in their catalogue of 1880.
€2,000 - 3,000
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A GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK DESK AFTER
EDWARD WELBY PUGIN (1834 - 1875),
19th Century, the outset rectangular top with canted
corners above twin frieze drawers, raised on pierced
trestle ends joined by a cross stretcher with x-frame
supports, 77cm high, 137cm wide, 60cm deep.
€ 800 - 1200
