A LATE VICTORIAN EBONISED BEECH SUSSEX THREE SEATER SETTEE, PROBABLY MORRIS & CO

Description: A LATE VICTORIAN EBONISED BEECH SUSSEX THREE SEATER SETTEE, PROBABLY MORRIS & CO
With turned uprights, triple top rail and spindle detail with central cross, rush seat, double front stretchers.
Height 85cm; Width 125cm; Depth 43cm

OTHER NOTES:
Designed by the artist Ford Madox Brown in the 1860s, and one of the most enduringly popular designs produced by Morris and Co. the Sussex chair and settee symbolised the Arts and Crafts movement's desire to return to rustic simplicity and honesty in interior decoration.

Condition:

Condition: In excellent condition with age expected wear to ebonised finishes. Seat height 45cm.

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