Colin Pender Antiques

Description

Original Art Deco Dining Table and 6 chairs in Birds Eye Maple and Walnut upholstered in cream leather . Harry & Lou Epstein circa 1930.

A fine quality Art deco dining table and 6 chairs in Birds Eye Maple and Walnut Designed and handmade in England by Harry and Lou Epstein. Circa 1930.

In excellent condition fully and professionally restored in our own workshops. The later leather upholstery is in good condition but it does have minor defects. If required we can upholster these in a material of your choice this will incur extra costs.

Dimensions :

Table Width 36in 92cm) Depth 72in (183cm) Height 30.5in (78cm)

Chairs Width 18.5in (47cm) Depth 21in (53cm) Height 35in (89cm) Seat Height 19in (49cm)

Style: Art Deco

Artist: H&L Epstein

Materials : Birds Eye Maple, Walnut ,and Leather

Origin: London England.

Date of Manufacture: 1930’s

H & L Epstein Ltd.

During the 1930’s many English homes had among their contents, furniture of the finest quality in the Art Deco style that came from very humble origins in the back streets of the East End of London.

In the late 19th century Jewish cabinet makers emigrated from the Baltic States and the Balkans to form a cabinet-making colony in the East End of London mainly around the Shoreditch Area.

Morris Epstein was one of these skilled immigrant craftsmen his six sons followed him into the furniture trade. In 1929 two of the brothers Harry and Louis formed H&L Epstein furniture designers and manufacturers they created some of the best British Art Deco period furniture ever produced.

In the 1930's the Epstein company was considered to be a large firm of fifteen men with Harry and Lou at the helm, Harry the designer and Lou the cabinet-maker working with a highly skilled team of craftsmen mainly from Eastern Europe. They prided themselves on making furniture by hand only using the finest materials,considered artists rather than tradesmen. With their origins in the Baltic lands and Balkans they were unaffected by the many forces which affected British furniture design such as the Arts and crafts movement, their designs being more influenced by their customers tastes who wanted avant-garde furniture as exhibited by the major French designers at the Paris 1925 Art Deco exhibition..

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