Workshop of Peter Waals (Dutch 1870-1937),

Workshop of Peter Waals (Dutch 1870-1937), Workshop of Peter Waals (Dutch 1870-1937), an octagonal walnut centre table, after a design by Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), dated 1939, on chamfered, square supports and stretchers, carved to the underside 'Peter Waals, Chalford, August 1939/made for/Leo van der Waals', 136cm diameter 76cm high Provenance: Leo van der Waals, the maker's son; Sir George Trevelyan (1906-1996) and by descent. Literature: 'Ernest Gimson His Life and Work', 1924, p.32, for the same model, made during Gimson's lifetime. According to the Trevelyan family, this table was the last piece of furniture made in the workshop of Peter Waals, who died in May 1937. Gimson's original design for this model - inscribed 'Dining or Hall Table in English Oak', signed and dated 'Ernest W Gimson/Daneway House Nr Cirencester/Aug - 1909' - is in the collection of The Wilson, Cheltenham (1941.222.401). An earlier, wider, octagonal walnut and ebony beaded table, made for the designer's brother, Mentor Gimson (1851-1925), and measuring 75 x 153cm, was sold by Mellors & Kirk, 6 March 2013, lot 9 (private collection). A simpler version of this table, without the shaped details at the tops and bottoms of the legs, belonged to Gimson at Pinbury Park. Condition Report: No obvious major faults.