A Cotswold School cherrywood cabinet
A Cotswold School cherrywood cabinet,
designed and made by Hugh Birkett (1919-2002), signed and dated to the back 'HB 1965 - 1989', with panelled doors, opening to reveal an arrangement of eleven shelves, with drilled holes to the panelled back, raised on a block plinth and sledge supports,
91cm wide
34cm deep
152.5cm high
The cabinet was commissioned by Hugh Birkett's Oxfordshire clients for their son's 21st birthday in 1965 and the original function was a gun cabinet.
Hugh Birkett (1919-2002) set up his workshop in 1949 in Solihull and then moved to Moreton-in-the-Marsh in 1966. He was influenced by Ernest Gimson, Edward Barnsley and Romney Green.
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A Cotswold School cherrywood cabinet,
designed and made by Hugh Birkett (1919-2002), signed and dated to the back 'HB 1965 - 1989', with panelled doors, opening to reveal an arrangement of eleven shelves, with drilled holes to the panelled back, raised on a block plinth and sledge supports,
91cm wide
34cm deep
152.5cm high
The cabinet was commissioned by Hugh Birkett's Oxfordshire clients for their son's 21st birthday in 1965 and the original function was a gun cabinet.
Hugh Birkett (1919-2002) set up his workshop in 1949 in Solihull and then moved to Moreton-in-the-Marsh in 1966. He was influenced by Ernest Gimson, Edward Barnsley and Romney Green.
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