A CATALOGUE OF FURNITURE BY ELMDON & CO....

(TRADE CATALOGUE)  ELMDON & CO.  A CATALOGUE OF FURNITURE BY ELMDON & CO.... FROM DESIGNS BY CHARLES SPOONER & ARTHUR J. PENTY.

London: Martlet Press, (circa 1905). Small square 4to. Printed wrappers. xv, 60 pages of plates.

Rare trade catalogue with only two copies recorded on OCLC, and none in the US.  Lovely showcase catalogue, issued just after Elmdon took over the Wood Handicraft Society.  The introductory essay lays out their design philosophy and explains their use of traditional methods and materials, especially oak, mahogany and walnut.  The following catalogue displays some of the company's finest "moderate priced" furniture, designed by Spooner and Penty, two leading architects/designers/thinkers of the period.  Overall, the catalogue is a kind of visual manifesto for the newly formed company, its contents reflecting an ideological as well as aesthetic stance.  Pencil note on front end paper described some Spooner furniture in the house of a previous owner.  Brown paper wrappers with Arts and Crafts lettering; small crack to spine, else very good.

 

$450.00