GEORGE FAULKNER ARMITAGE (1849-1937) FOR THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LONDON DRAWING, PRINT AND FOLIO

GEORGE FAULKNER ARMITAGE (1849-1937) FOR THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LONDON DRAWING, PRINT AND FOLIO TABLE, 1888 mahogany (153cm long, 76cm high, 92cm deep) Provenance: Acquired by The Fine Art Society directly from George Faulkner Armitage in 1888 as part of an overall scheme by the designer for the Entrance Gallery at 148 New Bond Street. Exhibited: Huddersfield, Huddersfield Technical School, Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1883. Literature: The Cabinet Maker & Art Furnisher, 1 September 1883, vol. IV, p.42, illus.The Editor, 'Pen & Ink Notes' The British Architect, 2 January 1891, p.5 Illustrated in a drawing by T. Raffles Davison published as 'Rambling Drawing no.171', 'The Fine Art Society's Gallery Anteroom' Note: Armitage started his career as a woodcarver and his workshop and design studio were in his home, Stamford House. Carvers in his studio in the 1880s included Arthur Simpson (1857-1922) who later set up his own studio in Kendal. In 1888 Armitage was commissioned to remodel the front section of the interior of The Fine Art Society, the front of its New Bond Street building having been remodelled in 1881 by E. W. Godwin. The walls were panelled in mahogany and the commission also included furniture, of which the current lot was prominently featured in the scheme.