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  Liberty & Co. / Leonard Wyburd Egyptian Revival Four-Legged Oak Thebes Stool c. 1890-1895

  Leonard Wyburd UK
  Liberty & Company London

  Four-legged Thebes stool circa 1890-95.  Oak with highly figured grain, concave slat seat, turned details.

  Marks: 4 (impressed on underside)

  This design was registered by Liberty & Co. in 1884.

  Related Liberty & Co. stools illustrated: Liberty’s 1875-1975 :  An Exhibition to Mark the Firm’s Centenary  (London:  Victoria & Albert Museum, 1975) p. 35, illustr. C1, Liberty Design, 1874-1914 , Barbara Morris (London: Octopus Publishing Group:, 1989) p. 103; Egyptomania: Egypt in Western Art, 1730-1930 (Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux and Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1994), pp. 465-66.

  H: 15″ x D: 17″ x W: 17″

  One of the driving influences of the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century was an informed interest in authentic ancient designs inspired by recent archaeological discoveries.  Both the three and four-legged Thebes stool were inspired by actual furniture and wall paintings unearthed from royal tombs in the ancient Egyptian city for which they are named.  Leonard Wyburd, who was one of the principal designers for Liberty, patented his designs for the Thebes stools in 1884. Liberty & Co. continued to make the popular stools into the early 1900’s.

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  Edmund F. Ward “The Swimming Hole” Oil on canvas c. 1930

  EDMUND F. WARD (b. 1892 – 1991) USA

  “The Swimming Hole”   c. 1930

  Oil on canvas

  Marks: signed Edm. F. Ward (lower right); partial labels verso:Westchester Arts and Crafts Guild; 4 Edmund F. Ward

  For more information on the artist see: Who Was Who in American Art,Peter Hastings Falk, ed. (Madison, Conn.: Sound View Press, 1985), p. 658.

  Canvas H: 18” x W: 24”

  Framed H: 27 9/16” x W: 33 9/16”

  Price: $14,000

  Ward studied at the Arts Student’s League with Edward Dufner, George Bridgeman, and Thomas Fogarty. He was an illustrator for several national magazines and books. In 1925, Ward exhibited an award winning work at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is perhaps best known for his WPA mural in the Federal Building, White Plains, New York.