876/​1543

Harry Mansell (b. c. 1900)

Rare sideboard of laminated walnut with moulded birch top and handles. Front with four doors, birch interior with shelves, storage compartments and pull-out trays. Designed 1937. This example manufactured 1937–1939 by Isokon Furniture Company, London. H. 79,5 cm. D. 49 cm. L. 137 cm.

Provenance: Acquired late 1930s by private collector, UK.

Harry Mansell was a furniture maker who worked with Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, and Jack Pritchard. He was instrumental in making the first prototypes of Breuer’s Long Chair, moulding the frames in his own wooden forms at his small workshop, and later at a space next to the Isokon Building. It is unknown how many designs Harry Mansell made, this present cabinet being the only model known to be designed for Isokon.

Auction

Design: Evening sale, 6 December 2017

Category

Modern Furniture

Estimate

10,000–12,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

10,000 DKK