Ambrose Heal Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ambrose Heal Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 22, 2024
Ambrose Heal (1872-1959),
Est: £600 - £800
Ambrose Heal (1872-1959), an oak 'Mansfield' bureau bookcase, c.1905, designed by Sir Ambrose Heal, for Heal & Son, the glazed cupboard with central arched panels, opening to shelves, over a slope front opening to reveal a fitted interior, over four short drawers, with heart-shaped escutcheons, ring handles and strap hinges, raised on turned supports and sledge platforms, 105cm wide 57.5cm deep 191.5cm high Condition Report: No cornice. Fair overall.
Sworders
Oct. 17, 2024
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON
Est: £800 - £1,200
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON 'ST. IVES' ARTS & CRAFTS WARDROBE, CIRCA 1897 oak, with patinated steel fittings and bevelled mirror plate 125.3cm wide, 195.5cm high, 55.8cm deep Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 151 where a similar example is illustrated.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 17, 2024
PHILIP TILDEN (1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
PHILIP TILDEN (1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON '148' REFECTORY TABLE, 1922-1925 limed oak, inset ivorine maker's label under top HEAL & SON LTD LONDON W 198cm long, 75cm high, 89.5cm deep
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 17, 2024
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON DRESSING TABLE & STOOL, CIRCA 1910 unpolished chestnut, the stool with later-upholstered seat pad, model 392 (2) dressing table 16cm wide, 152.5cm high, 53cm deep, stool 48cm long, 41cm high, 31.5cm deep Provenance: From The Millinery Works Collection. Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.173 where this lot is illustrated along with the original drawing
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 17, 2024
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON PAIR OF BEDSIDE TABLES, CIRCA 1910 unpolished chestnut, model 392 (2) 42.5cm wide, 77cm high, 38.5cm deep, 71cm long extended Provenance: From The Millinery Works Collection. Exhibited: Brighton Museum Beauty's Awakening, the Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers Guild, 1984
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 17, 2024
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON ARTS & CRAFTS WARDROBE, CIRCA 1910 unpolished chestnut, model 392 165.5cm wide, 203cm high, 59cm deep Provenance: From The Millinery Works Collection. Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.173 where this lot is illustrated along with the original drawing
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 16, 2024
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON ‘OWL’ CABINET, CIRCA 1905 unpolished chestnut, stamped to lock HEAL & SON, model no. 412 112cm wide, 152cm high, 52.5cm deep Provenance: Hill House Antiques, London Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.179 where a similar example is illustrated along with the original design drawing.Note: The ‘412’ cupboard was introduced in 1905/ 06 and is now generally known as the ‘Owl Cabinet’ due to it's characteristic circular door panels.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 25, 2024
Ambrose Heal, an Arts and Crafts oak boo
Est: £150 - £250
Ambrose Heal, an Arts and Crafts oak bookcase cabinet, three shelves over a two panelled cupboard door, 41cm wide, 121cm high, 15cm deep
Kinghams Auctioneers
Apr. 18, 2024
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON DINING ROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1918 mahogany and ebonised wood, comprising; DINING TABLE, 122cm long closed, 122cm deep, 76cm high, 229cm long fully extended; TWO CARVERS, 51cm wide, 51cm deep, 92cm high and SIX SIDE CHAIRS, 46cm wide, 46cm deep, 88cm high (9) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 189, where a ‘678’ sideboard with similar ‘ebonized trellis-work design’ is illustrated.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 26, 2023
Sir Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) for Heal & Son, a chestnut 'Owl' suite, circa 1905,
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
Sir Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) for Heal & Son, a chestnut 'Owl' suite, circa 1905, comprising a dark stained 412 'owl' cabinet with a pair of cupboard doors with applied circular panels centred by rotating latch handles, the drawers with recessed 'squashed heart' handles, a 428 wardrobe with pair of cupboard doors over a single drawer with 'squashed heart' handles, and dressing chest with circular mirror and four drawer base, also with 'squashed heart' handles the cabinet 152.5 x 112 x 52.5cm, the wardrobe 192 x 112 x 54cm, the dressing chest 152 x 106 x 53cm Affectionately known as the Owl Suite and now one of the rarest and most popular models of Heals furniture, the present lot was born during a period of upheaval and transformation for the company. From 1904, as sales of earlier models began to decline, Ambrose Heal returned to the drawing board. Aiming to eliminate the spectre of 19th century design, his new designs were marked by their simplicity, elegance and affordability bringing virtuoso craftsmanship into the everyday domestic sphere. Although these designs bore less overt decoration than their predecessors, it is intriguing to note that Ambrose Heal regarded these later creations as the pinnacle of his craftsmanship. So much so that he resurrected many of them for post-war exhibitions and, in a gesture of legacy, bequeathed several models to the Victoria and Albert Museum in his will. Also known as the 412 model, the Owl Suite was introduced from 1905 and remained in production until 1927. Between these dates, only eighty models of the cabinet were produced 56 in chestnut, 19 in fumed oak and just 5 in limed oak. Such scarcity, coupled with its iconic design, has elevated the Owl Suite to the status of a cultural treasure and a cherished prize among collectors.
Cheffins
Mar. 09, 2023
Ambrose Heal for Heals, an Arts and Craf
Est: £50 - £80
Ambrose Heal for Heals, an Arts and Crafts Cotswold School oak dresser, circa 1920s, of small proportions, the base with a drawer over cupboard doors, below a shelved and pegged rack, 77cm wide, 137cm high, 46cm deep
Kinghams Auctioneers
Jan. 25, 2023
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ‘LETCHWORTH’ OR 'NO. 953' LADDERBACK ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1905
Est: £300 - £500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ‘LETCHWORTH’ OR 'NO. 953' LADDERBACK ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1905 oak, with rush seat (58.5cm (23in) wide, 122cm (48in) high, 52cm (20 1/2in) deep) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 247 illustrated Note: This design was produced after a Baillie Scott design that Ambrose Heal made for the showhouse in the New Garden City of Letchworth
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 25, 2023
PHILIP TILDEN (BRITISH 1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH 1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON '148' REFECTORY TABLE, 1922-1925
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
PHILIP TILDEN (BRITISH 1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH 1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON '148' REFECTORY TABLE, 1922-1925 oak (198cm (78in) long, 75.5cm (29 3/4in) high, 88.5cm (34 3/4in) deep) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. 'Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939', Unicorn, 2014, p.210 where a similar example is illustrated. Note: Winston Churchill employed Philip Tilden in the 1920s as chief architect for the renovation of Chartwell in Kent, Churchill's weekend residence. He designed this table for the house with Ambrose Heal which then became a standard table '148' in the Heals' range.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 25, 2023
PHILIP TILDEN (BRITISH 1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH 1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON COMPOSITE SET OF TEN DINING CHAIRS, 1922-1925
Est: £800 - £1,200
PHILIP TILDEN (BRITISH 1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH 1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON COMPOSITE SET OF TEN DINING CHAIRS, 1922-1925 oak, with drop-in rushed seats, comprising FOUR SIDE CHAIRS, 44.5cm (17 1/2in) wide, 87.5cm (34 1/2in) high, 44cm (17 1/4in) deep, each with ivorine button label HEAL AND SON LTD., LONDON W; together with TWO UNMARKED CARVERS, 64cm (25 1/4in) wide, 92cm (36 1/4in) high, 48cm (19in) deep and FOUR UNMARKED SIDE CHAIRS, 45cm (17 3/4in) wide, 85cm (34 1/2in) high, 43cm (17in) deep Qty: (10)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 17, 2023
A Heal & Son oak wardrobe,
Est: £1,200 - £1,500
A Heal & Son oak wardrobe, A Heal & Son oak wardrobe, designed by Sir Ambrose Heal, with a plain top over a panelled cupboard with a heart-shaped escutcheon, above a panelled door enclosing a rail, with a shaped lockplate and a knob handle, with an oval metal label ‘Heal & Son 196 Tottenham Ct Road London’, 107cm wide 52cm deep 189.5cm high Provenance: The Estate of Fiona MacCarthy (1940-2020). Buying this wardrobe could save up to 0.46 tonnes of CO2e compared to buying new.
Sworders
Oct. 12, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ‘MANSFIELD’ PRESS, CIRCA 1899
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ‘MANSFIELD’ PRESS, CIRCA 1899 no. ‘235’, possibly made by the Guild of Handicraft, oak, with copper fittings (108cm wide, 234cm high, 55.5cm deep) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, cover illustration, also p.157 where a similar example with iron fittings is illustrated. Note: Ambrose Heal turned to C.R. Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft workshops in Essex Road, Mile End to produce much of his earliest bedroom furniture output. The Guild produced eleven of these ‘Gentleman’s Wardrobes’ before the production moved to their own workshops circa 1899.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 12, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'ST. IVES' WARDROBE, CIRCA 1898
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'ST. IVES' WARDROBE, CIRCA 1898 oak, lacquered steel fittings with mirrored glass plate, stamped twice HEAL & SON, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD LONDON (128cm wide, 190cm high, 61cm deep) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.150-151 where a similar example is illustrated. Note: Three suites of bedroom furniture, manufactured by the Guild of Handicraft to Ambrose Heal's designs ('216' Newlyn in fumed oak, '217' Bushey in mahogany and '222' St Ives in fumed oak - also available in ash stained green), were put on display in Tottenham Court Road in 1897. The St Ives suite, made up of a 3ft 6 in wardrobe, a 3 ft 6 in toilet table, a 3 ft washstand and two chairs (made by Cox), sold for £19 19s and proved an instant success as the first suite was sold in April and by the end of the year, sixteen complete suites had been sold in oak with a further five in green ash.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 12, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS WARDROBE, CIRCA 1900
Est: £2,000 - £2,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS WARDROBE, CIRCA 1900 oak, with iron fittings and mirrored glass plate, applied oval metal label HEAL & SON/ 196/ TOTTENHAM CT/ LONDON (167cm wide, 202.5cm high, 58.3cm deep)
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 12, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON CHEST OF DRAWERS, CIRCA 1920
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON CHEST OF DRAWERS, CIRCA 1920 chestnut (61cm wide, 122cm high, 53cm deep)
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 12, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '347' DWARF WARDROBE, CIRCA 1902
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '347' DWARF WARDROBE, CIRCA 1902 oak, with brass fittings and chequered inlay, stamped to the drawer HEAL & SON/ LONDON, with original key also stamped HEAL & SON (182.5cm wide, 181cm high, 50.5cm deep) Qty: (2) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.16p.163 where a similar example is illustrated. Note: Only 12 sets of the '347' were made before the range ceased production in 1908.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 12, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '347' DRESSING TABLE CIRCA 1902
Est: £600 - £800
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '347' DRESSING TABLE CIRCA 1902 oak, with brass fittings and chequered inlay, mirrored glass plate (106.5cm wide, 140cm high, 53cm deep) Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.163 where a similar example is illustrated.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 26, 2022
SIR AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH, 1872 â 1959)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
SIR AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH, 1872 â 1959) SIR AMBROSE HEAL (BRITISH, 1872 â 1959): A limed oak owl cabinet, circa 1905- 1906, made by Heal and Sons, the pair of cupboard doors with applied circular panels and handles, chip carved edges and wooden latches to the centre, over two short and three long drawers with recessed fret cut âsquashed heartâ handles, on a plain plinth base, stamped to the reverse '537' 152cm high x 112cm wide x 53cm deep LITERATURE Oliver S. Heal, Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, UK 2014, p. 179 (similar cabinet, No. 412, in chestnut and the design drawing illustrated)
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 12, 2022
An Arts and Crafts wrought iron and brass five-branch candelabra,
Est: £200 - £300
An Arts and Crafts wrought iron and brass five-branch candelabra, attributed to Sir Ambrose Heal (1872-1959), c.1932, with a 'W' shaped panel, fitted with conical sconces, on ball feet, 28cm wide 28.2cm high Provenance: Private collection; with Fine Art Society, 2004 Literature: Illustrated in Heal & Son's Christmas Catalogue, 1933. Condition Report: Some wear, with invoice from the Fine Art Society.
Sworders
Jun. 28, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON RARE “THE COTTAGERS CHEST”, CIRCA 1898
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON RARE “THE COTTAGERS CHEST”, CIRCA 1898 pine, with original painted finish (106.5cm wide 144.5cm high 50cm deep) Literature: Whiteway, Michael and Gere, Charlotte Nineteenth Century Design: From Pugin to Mackintosh, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993, p.235, pl. 298 illus. Aslin E. 19th Century English Furniture, Faber & Faber 1962, pl. 114, illus. Cooper, Jeremy Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors: From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau, Abbeville Press, 1987, pl. 420. Note: The influence of Ford Madox Brown’s stained joiner furniture in simple shapes, which he designed for William Morris in 1887, is evident in this early piece by Heal.
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 20, 2022
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '240' CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1900
Est: £400 - £600
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '240' CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1900 oak with iron fittings (105.5cm wide, 166cm high, 45cm deep) Provenance: From The Millinery Works Collection. Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.153 where a similar example is illustrated. Note: This model is the first time an arched apron was employed by the designer.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS BEDROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1920
Est: £700 - £900
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS BEDROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1920 comprising a WARDROBE, oak with mirrored plate and iron fittings, 91cm wide, 179cm high, 51cm deep; and a MATCHING DRESSING CHEST Qty: (2) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 151 for handle configuration
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS REFECTORY TABLE, CIRCA 1930
Est: £300 - £500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS REFECTORY TABLE, CIRCA 1930 oak (166.5cm long, 77cm high, 74.5cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 199 Note: This table, no. 50, was designed by Ambrose Heal as part of the Reasonable Furniture Collection, circa 1920,
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '240' CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1900
Est: £800 - £1,200
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '240' CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1900 oak with iron fittings (105.5cm wide, 166cm high, 45cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 153 Note: This model is the first time an arched apron was employed by the designer.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ‘LETCHWORTH’ OR 'NO. 953' LADDERBACK ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1905
Est: £300 - £500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ‘LETCHWORTH’ OR 'NO. 953' LADDERBACK ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1905 oak with rush seat, the design after M.H. Baillie Scott (59cm wide, 123cm high, 22cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 247 illustrated Note: This design was produced after a Baillie Scott design that Ambrose Heal made for the showhouse in the New Garden City of Letchworth
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'NO. 14' REFECTORY TABLE, DESIGNED 1912
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'NO. 14' REFECTORY TABLE, DESIGNED 1912 oak (213.5cm long, 75cm high, 89.5cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, pp.184, 185 Note: This table was first designed and made in 1912, and shown in the Arts & Crafts Exhibition that year, in Ghent the following year and again at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition in 1916.
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'BOOK TABLE', CIRCA 1936
Est: £300 - £500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS 'BOOK TABLE', CIRCA 1936 oak (61.5cm wide, 61.5cm high) Footnote: Literature: Goodden, S. A History of Heal's: At the Sign of the Fourposter, 1984, p. 83 (illustrated)
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS CHEST OF DRAWERS, CIRCA 1910
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS CHEST OF DRAWERS, CIRCA 1910 stamped number 284, unpolished chestnut (106cm wide, 106cm high, 52.5cm deep)
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON DRESSING TABLE & STOOL, CIRCA 1910
Est: £600 - £800
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON DRESSING TABLE & STOOL, CIRCA 1910 model 392, unpolished chestnut, the stool with later-upholstered seat pad (dressing table 16cm wide, 152.5cm high, 53cm deep, stool 48cm long, 41cm high, 31.5cm deep) Qty: (2) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.173 where this lot is illustrated along with the original drawing
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON PAIR OF BEDSIDE TABLES, CIRCA 1910
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON PAIR OF BEDSIDE TABLES, CIRCA 1910 model '392', unpolished chestnut (42.5cm wide, 77cm high, 38.5cm deep, 71cm long extended) Qty: (2) Footnote: Exhibited: Brighton Museum Beauty's Awakening, the Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers Guild, 1984
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS WARDROBE, CIRCA 1910
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS WARDROBE, CIRCA 1910 model 392, unpolished chestnut (165.5cm wide, 203cm high, 59cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.173 where this lot is illustrated along with the original drawing
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ‘OWL’ CABINET, CIRCA 1910
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ‘OWL’ CABINET, CIRCA 1910 model 412, unpolished chestnut (113cm wide 153cm high, 54cm deep) Footnote: Exhibited: Brighton Museum Beauty's Awakening, the Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers Guild, 1984 Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p.179 where this lot is illustrated along with the original drawing
Lyon & Turnbull
Oct. 21, 2021
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '240' CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1900
Est: £800 - £1,200
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS '240' CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1900 oak, with iron fittings (106cm high, 166cm high, 45.5cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Heal, Oliver S. Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Unicorn 2014, p. 153 Note: This model is the first time an arched apron was employed by the designer. Note: Ambrose Heal is widely considered a pioneer of modern furniture design. After studying at the Slade School of Art, Heal joined the family furniture business established by his great-grandfather John Harris Heal in 1893, where he initially worked in the bedding department. Not long after, he began designing furniture for the firm. These designs adopted simple lines, using unvarnished oak or chestnut and were far more robust in appearance, much to the disdain of his sales colleagues who were used to selling far more elaborate furniture that took inspiration from the early 18th century. Despite this, Heal was recognised in 1900 when he won a silver medal at the Paris Exhibition for a bedroom suite. He was soon appointed chairman of the company in 1913; he was the driving force behind their renewed marketing efforts and expanded the range of products produced in a bid to appeal to the emerging middle class. Heals' furniture embraced the Arts & Crafts ideals, and while he did accept some machinery into the production line, he was resolute in ensuring that the quality of craftsmanship never suffered as a result. As well as chairman of the family business, Heal was also a founding member of the Design & Industries Association, which campaigned to increase the standard of British Design under the slogan ‘Fitness for Purpose’. Early Heal’s designs clearly demonstrate an admiration for Arts & Crafts, but as tastes changed the company was able to innovate quickly and began to embrace stylistic influences from Art Deco and Modernism. Before his retirement from the family firm in 1959, Heal was knighted in 1933 and appointed a Royal designer for industry in 1939.
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 22, 2021
Y AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1930
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Y AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON ARTS & CRAFTS ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1930 black walnut inlaid with mother of pearl (62.5cm wide, 99.5cm high, 45.5cm deep) Footnote: Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 09, 2020
Sir Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) THE ENGLISH WRITING-MASTERS. 1931
Est: £7,000 - £10,000
HEAL, Sir Ambrose (1872-1959). The English Writing-Masters and their Copy-Books, 1570-1800. A biographical dictionary & a bibliography. With an introduction to the development of handwriting by Stanley Morison. London: [Cambridge University Press for the] First Edition Club, 1931. The Major Abbey-Breslauer copy, specially bound for the former by Sydney M. Cockerell: a limited edition of 100 copies, this numbered XVII. The authoritative work on the subject. Its author, Sir Ambrose Heal, was the head of the celebrated London furniture shop, Heal's, and himself a furniture designer. He also wrote on tradesmen's cards, signboards of shops, London furniture makers and goldsmiths. H.M. Nixon & M. Kennedy, Modern British Bookbindings in the Collection of J.R. Abbey (London: Arts Council, 1965) no. 5. Folio (318 x 220mm). Engraved frontispiece, 81 plates. Black morocco-backed vellum-covered boards, bound for J.R. Abbey by Sydney M. Cockerell, with decoration designed in 1965 by Joan Rix Tebbut, the upper cover decorated with a calligraphic design of gold-tooled fillets and pen-drawn lines on which is superimposed a semi-abstract shape of a cockerell in bold gilt fillets, filled with a semi of stars, the lower cover decorated with a matching design of gilt and pen-drawn fillets, the spine undecorated but boldly lettered in gilt, vellum turn-ins decorated with gilt dots, liners and endleaves of patterned 'Cockerell' paper, binder’s gilt stamp on rear turn-in, contained within a velvet-lined blue morocco-backed cloth box. Provenance: Major John R. Abbey (1894-1964; bookplate, sale Sotheby’s 19 October 1970, lot 2723, sold
Christie's
Nov. 02, 2020
PHILIP TILDEN (1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON '148' OAK REFECTORY TABLE, 1920S
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
PHILIP TILDEN (1887-1956) AND AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON, LONDON '148' OAK REFECTORY TABLE, 1920s the rectangular top raised on ring-turned columns with trestle base linked by a stretcher (212cm long 75cm high 91cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Goodden, S. At the Sign of the Four Poster: A History of Heal's, London, 1984, p.48 Note: Philip Tilden was employed by Winston Churchill in the 1920s as chief architect to the renovation of Chartwell in Kent, Churchill's weekend residence. He designed this table for the house with Ambrose Heal which then became a standard table '148' in the Heals range.
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 27, 2018
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) AN OAK SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1910/20, with gallery back
Est: £500 - £750
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) AN OAK SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1910/20, with gallery back and two central drawers flanked by cupboard doors, the drawers with recessed handles into a disc setting, raised on square section legs, unlabelled. 108cm by 152.5cm by 50.5cm
Thomas Watson
Oct. 31, 2018
SIR AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON LTD., LONDON OAK DRESSING CHEST, CIRCA 1905 122cm wide, 152cm high, 60cm deep
Est: £500 - £800
SIR AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL & SON LTD., LONDON OAK DRESSING CHEST, CIRCA 1905 the rectangular plate above jewellery drawers and arrangement of four drawers raised on turned legs linked by stretchers, bears retailer's label MUSSELWHITE & SIMPKINS/ BOURNEMOUTH 122cm wide, 152cm high, 60cm deep
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 20, 2016
A SIR AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) LIMED OAK ‘OWL CABINET’ DESIGNED 1905-19
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
A SIR AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) LIMED OAK ‘OWL CABINET’ DESIGNED 1905-1906, MADE BY HEAL & SONS With a pair of cupboard doors with applied circular panels with handles, above two small and three long drawers, with recessed ‘squashed’ heart handles, lightly limed 60 in. (153 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep
Christie's
Dec. 10, 2015
Ambrose Heal (British, 1872-1959) (attributed to) Arts & Crafts pine settle
Est: £300 - £600
Ambrose Heal (British, 1872-1959) (attributed to) Arts & Crafts pine settle, circa 1895 shaped frame and arm rests 137cm across, 108cm high. Literature: see Oliver S. Heal, Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory 1897-1939, Oblong Creative Ltd., 2014, p.147, illustration 342 for an illustration of a pencil sketch of this model by Ambrose Heal.
Mallams
Nov. 11, 2015
ATTRIBUTED TO HEAL & SON, LONDON OAK AND INLAID BEDROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1900
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
ATTRIBUTED TO HEAL & SON, LONDON OAK AND INLAID BEDROOM SUITE, CIRCA 1900 comprising a WARDROBE, with projecting cornice above a central section of two doors and five drawers, flanked by four further doors, chequer inlaid and with stylised marquetry decoration, 223cm wide, 195cm high, 54cm deep; a DRESSING CHEST, with central arched mirror enclosed by an arrangement of eleven drawers, 137cm wide, 202cm high, 56cm deep; and a TALLBOY, with two panelled doors with corresponding inlay, above four drawers on a plinth, 65cm wide, 109cm high, 52cm deep (3)
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 25, 2015
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL& SONS, LONDON OAK DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1930 122cm diameter, 69cm high
Est: £700 - £900
AMBROSE HEAL (1872-1959) FOR HEAL& SONS, LONDON OAK DINING TABLE, CIRCA 1930 the circular top on square legs with cross supports 122cm diameter, 69cm high
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 13, 2014
The English Writing-Masters and Their Copy-Books, 1570-1800. A Biographical Dictionary & A Bibliography
Est: $200 - $300
<p> Illustrations from old prints, etc. (4to) original tan cloth. Reprint of the 1931 first edition.</p> <p> An essential reference in the study of English writing manuals.</p>
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Feb. 26, 2014
Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) for Heals Furnitures, dressing table, bedside cabinet and chair exhibited at the Paris Exhibition 1900.
Est: £700 - £1,000
Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) for Heals Furnitures, dressing table, bedside cabinet and chair exhibited at the Paris Exhibition 1900. Fumed oak inlaid with pewter and ebony with three drawers and secret jewellery drawer all with pewter drop handles, hexagonal mirror . Provenance: Designed by Ambrose Heal for the Paris exhibition of 1900 the suite was presented on a stand with chequerboard border designed by Ambrose Heal's cousin the architect Cecil Brewer it was to become a hallmark of Heals advertising. It was awarded a silver medal. h:56.50 w:44.50 d:21 in.
Ewbank's