22/08/2026
Rare Thebes corner chair by Liberty & Co circa 1885. Thebes style furniture was first introduced to Liberty in the mid 1880’s. Other designers such as Christopher Dresser, E W Godwin and artists such as Ford Maddox Brown also did similar designs circa 1870’s. I love the sculptural quality of this piece it has a sympathetic harmony to similar ancient designs found in Thebes and now held at the British Museum, but with a slight modern twist for the time. Recovered in a Victorian woven silk fabric from a similar vintage.