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Charles Francis Annesley Voysey 1857-1941
Looking Glass, c.1905for Arthur W. Simpson (1879-1922) (attributed maker)
labelled 'The Victorian Society / 000071’oak with brass hardware21 ¾ x 22 ¾ x 7 inches (55.5 x 57.5 x 18 cm)Provenance
Probably Sydney Claridge Turner, The Homestead, Frinton-on-Sea; later in the offices of the Essex and Suffolk Equitable Insurance Company, founded by Turner; acquired by E.H.. Brooks, whose firm had taken over the Essex and Suffolk offices; donated by Brooks to the Victorian Society, 1975; sold by the Victorian Society; private collection
Exhibitions
Art Gallery and Museum, Brighton, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the Glasgow City Art Gallery, C.F.A. Voysey: architect and designer 1857-1941, 1978-1979, no. C7 (lent by the Victorian Society)
Literature
A. Vallance, ‘British Decorative art in 1899’, The Studio XVIII (Oct. 1899), pp.45-46 (for this work); J. Brandon-Jones and others, C.F.A. Voysey: architect and designer 1857-1941 (Brighton 1978), C7 (this work) and C50 (a related design)
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