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Lot 4W

C.F.A Voysey for White Cottage London SW18
A Panelled Oak Blanket Box, circa 1905

18 June 2014, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £12,500 inc. premium

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C.F.A Voysey for White Cottage London SW18

A Panelled Oak Blanket Box, circa 1905
of rectangular shape, having four beaded panels to the front elevation and two to each side, the rear with four non-beaded panels, the hinged lid of three plank construction, and having a heart-shape metal escutcheon
1.035m long x 57cm wide

Footnotes

Provenance: By decent from the previous owners of White Cottage.

Literature: 'C.F A Voysey an architect of individuality', by Duncan Simpson, London 1979 page 10, 91 and 150 discuss the commission of White Cottage at 68 Lyford Road in Wandsworth. The author notes that (as of 1979), the house remained in the ownership of the family for whom it was originally constructed. The vendor of this lot recalls living with the blanket box in situ until 1982 when the house was sold to new owners.

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