An armchair, circa 1890.

Designed by George Faulkner Armitage (1849-1937).

Made at his workshops in Altrincham, nr Manchester.

£2,500

This chair is a variation on the model designed for the showrooms of the Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London in 1887. The model was not exclusive for the Fine Art Society, as another version was used in his own studio at Stamford House in Altringham along with other known variations.

A table and chair were purchased brand new by the Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst. A coal scuttle resides in Manchester City Art Gallery.

Along with many public commissions, G. F. Armitage had extensive private commissions for furniture and decoration, see appendix 2 of Rosamond Allwood's article in the Furniture History Society journal XXIII, 1987, for a list of private clients from 1892-1897.

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Gill Fitzpatrick, Decorative Arts Society Journal 31, 2007
Colin Graham, Altrincham History Society Journal 27, 2007
H. Blairman & Sons Ltd, 1996 catalogue
Rosamond Allwood, Furniture History Society Journal XXIII, 1987
Jeremy Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, 1987

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