chorley's auctions selling buying modern art and design including oil paintings, furniture, sculpture, objects and silver and jewellery

MODERN ART & dESIGN

 

Chorley’s hold bi-annual Modern Art & Design sales including pictures, furniture, silver, jewellery, sculpture, ceramics, glass and other categories. With a focus on Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements through to contemporary artists and craftsmen, the auctions offer collectible and affordable décor from the 20th Century.

The market in 20th Century design has seen significant growth over the last twenty years and Chorley’s have been at the forefront of the regional UK market.

SUPERB ARTS & CRAFTS SCULPTURE BY WILLIAM SIMMONDS

The Black Mare in Chorley's Art & Design Sale

Chorley’s is delighted to announce the sale of a spectacular work by Royal Academician and one of the main proponents of the Arts & Crafts movement, William Simmonds (1876-1968). The Black Mare standing at 48cm x 76 x 41cm depicts a stylised horse turning to nip a fly on its leg.

It was created in Simmonds’ famed Gloucestershire studio and dates from 1925

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