Martin Hall for Gordon Russell

Extending D-ended rectangular dining table, model no. R.154, from 'The Marwood Room' series, designed 1972, produced 1973

Extending D-ended rectangular dining table, model no. R.154, from 'The Marwood Room' series, designed 1972, produced 1973
Brazilian rosewood, Brazilian rosewood-veneered wood.
72 x 300 x 114 cm
Produced by Gordon Russell, Broadway, Worcestershire, United Kingdom. Number 78 from an edition of 200. Underside of tabletop with manufacturer's handwritten and printed paper label The Marwood Room No. 78 of a limited edition of 200/Designer Martin Hall M.S.I.A Timber Rio Rosewood/Date December 1973/Martin Hall/Gordon Russell/Gordon Russell Limited Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7AD/Gordon Russell. Together with a copy of original invoice and correspondence.

Provenance
Gordon Russell, Broadway, Worcestershire, 1973
Acquired from the above
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature
Ray Leigh, Advance the Product: Gordon Russell Furniture, A Continuing Adventure 1946-1986, Worcestershire, 2015, p. 66
Gordon Russell Design Museum, https://www.gordonrusselldesignmuseum.org/archive/marwood-dining-table-in-rio-rosewood, (accessed September 2021)

Bonhams wishes to thank Verity Elson, Director of the Gordon Russell Design Museum for her kind assistance with cataloguing the present lot.