Chest of drawers
Ref: 2601
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Designer / Maker
Designed by Gordon Russell (1892-1980)
Cabinet maker R. France
Made in the Russell Workshops
(see label, below)
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Detail
Cuban mahogany, inlaid with cherry and ebony
91 x 76 x 54.5 cm
English (Broadway), 22 May 1929
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Literature
Ray Leigh and Trevor Chinn, Drawn to Design, 2013, p. 79, for the original design, no. 598, in the collection of the Gordon Russell Museum, Broadway. This model was offered at the considerable sum of £27. 10s. The classic Stow Chest would have cost £18.18s.
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Note
Another chest of this form is in an English private collection