Coffer

Frederick Rawlence (1886 - 1909)

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum

circa 1905

The coffer is designed by an artist who started as a landscape watercolour painter. Rawlence joined the Home Arts and Industries Society and started a craft guild at Wilton, Salisbury in 1905. The construction with the frame and panel front with neat pinned joints is typical of Arts and Crafts furniture.

• Medium: elm & wrought steel hinges
• Dimensions: 70 x 121.2 x 45.7cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3125 ( Total: £12,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: Paul Reeves Ltd

Provenance

Purchased by the vendor through a private dealer.

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