Art Deco Eight Seat Dining Suite by Harry & Lou Epstein c.1935

Description

Heading:A very fine Art Deco dining suite by Epstein
Date : c1935
Origin : Epstein Brothers. London
Colour : Satin birch veneered on solid mahogany
Features : Double pedestal table and eight cloud back chairs
Condition : Exhibition standard
Restoration : This suite has been fully restored using traditional methods and with no corners cut. All old polish was removed and the shellac replaced. to this layers of wax are added and the process is completed with a final burnishing. This technique gives pieces a much deeper. richer and more long lasting finish and promotes the underlying veneers to show at their most vibrant best. The chairs have been reupholstered to a high standard with cream leather. comfortable. long wearing. stain resistant
Dimensions : Height 77cm;  length 213.5cm and width 99cm

Epstein Brothers

The quality of the furniture produced by the art deco designers and manufacturers Epstein brothers of London’s East End is recognised as among the finest in the British Art Deco style – both in terms of production quality and design. Their style reflected the avant-garde influences of the furniture designers featured at the Paris 1925 ‘Art Deco’ exhibition. seen in their use of curvilinear forms and rich veneers.

These attributes blend. almost unconsciously. with a certain grandeur and scale. Their Russian heritage found expression in designs that were also in tune with the Modernist ethos emanating from continental Europe.

A conservative. and singularly British. Art Deco style became the Epstein trademark. Art Deco pieces from before World War II were not signed. From the 1950s. a small number of Epstein pieces in the Art Deco/Modern style were labelled ‘H. & L. Epstein Ltd’. by a company owned by Harry and Louis; others were marked ‘Epstein & Goldman’. a firm of which Sidney Epstein was a partner. Nonetheless. over the last decade a scholarly and painstaking approach to a range of documentary and other sources has enabled a good number of Epstein designs to be identified with confidence