N° 1369 · Paintings & illustrations
£35
One of a kind. When it’s gone, it’s gone.
The image shows a small, impressionistic oil painting on panel depicting a historic garden scene with a stone dovecote, topiary hedges, a rosebush, and a small birdbath.
12x 8.5 cm
What makes the piece especially appealing is its unusual support. The painting forms part of a group executed on vintage timber samples, with some bearing original labels identifying woods including Satin Walnut, Ash, American Oak and Honduras Mahogany. One surviving trade label reads “Mahogany (African) – Fitchett & Woollacott Ltd., Nottingham.” These remnants of the boards’ former purpose add an intriguing material history to the painting and give it the intimate, resourceful quality of an artist’s study.
“& Woollacott Ltd., Nottingham was a Nottingham firm associated with the timber and woodworking trade, supplying woods such as mahogany and other cabinet-making timbers. The little boards appear to have been commercial timber samples, intended to demonstrate different species of wood to customers or tradespeople.
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