Art Deco Console/Sideboard
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An Art Deco Console/Sideboard by Betty Joel (1894-1985. Satin Mahogany veneered on solid oak, with 'sunrise' bleached' crescent detail to front of drawers and sides. Three integral drawers. Labelled and dated 1929 to back.
Full provenance.
Dimensions: H 76cm W 163cm D 59cm
Betty Joel was one of London's leading furniture retailers and designers in the 1920's and 1930's.
At the end of the First World War, together with her husband, Betty Joel set up a furniture making firm in South Hayling, near Portsmouth, with a showroom in London. They employed yacht fitters to make simple, functional furniture in teak and oak to Betty Joel's own designs, and by the late 20's she had established a distinctive style, making use of simple, unadorned curved edges which she said echoed "the Feminine form.
The firm won many contracts to decorate libraries, board rooms, shops and hotels, including those in the Savoy Group. Among her private clients were Lord Louis Mountbatten and Winston Churchill.
She retired from business in 1937.
Origin: English
Date: 1929
Item Number: 1611204
All of our furniture is extensively polished and restored where necessary to the highest standards.