Edward Barnsley CBE (1900-1987) and The Barnsley Workshop, a set of six handmade walnut and boxwood strung chairs (four singles and two carvers) with rectangular fielded panels to the rear beneath curved top rail and straight legs, stamped 'BARNSLEY'

This lot has been authenticated by the Edward Barnsley Educational Trust in 1993 as having been made in 1970 for Mr & Mrs Asquith Leeson by George Taylor in approximately 275 hours en suite with lot 287

Edward Barnsley was the son of Sidney Barnsley (1865-1926), he was educated at Bedales School which his father had helped to design alongside Ernest Gimson, whose influence plays large over the work of this famous Cotswold family. Edward trained with Geoffrey Lupton in Froxfield and struck out alone in 1923. The Barnsley Workshop is synonymous with the finest quality workmanship and design, frequently working on bespoke commissions and continues the legacy today.