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Lot description
ERNEST GIMSON (1864-1919) COFFER, CIRCA 1904 elm, with steel hinges and nails 65cm wide, 45cm high, 38.5cm deep F.L. Griggs, and by family descent, see lot 549 for more details The design of this coffer is related to two designs held at The Wilson, Cheltenham (1941.222.571 and 574). 574 is dated 28 April 1904 and the workshop made another related piece for Robert Weir Schultz which is dated 1903 (sold Law Fine Art sale 2005, lot 320). Another related chest, held at Leicester Museums (Carruthers A. Ernest Gimson and the Cotswold Group of Craftsmen, Leicester City Museums Service, 2007, F. 14) was probably acquired by Harry Peach in 1919 when he bought some of the old stock from Gimson's estate. Another design for an ‘oak chest and bench’ of 1912 demonstrates further characteristics found in this lot (The Wilson 1941.222.407).