Brooks #20 Morris Chair (virtually identical to the Limbert #221), Brooks Manufacturing Co., Saginaw, MI, massive paddle arm form and outstanding C.R. Mackintosh influenced cutout design, 44"H x 35"W x 37"D, superb original finish and condition, releathered original spring seat and back cushion, c1909-1915, HH2398
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Note: The Brooks furniture most highly sought after today are the Limbert-influenced pieces, which in some cases, as with this chair and the #435 Tabourette and #430 Umbrella Stands, are essentially exact copies of the Limbert forms derived from Mackintosh (see Arts & Crafts Furniture: The Complete Brooks Catalog of 1912, Dover, 1993, and Bartinque, Kindred Styles, The Arts & Crafts Furniture of Charles P. Limbert, Gallery 532 Soho, 1995). The huge #20 Morris Chair is arguably the very best piece Brooks ever produced. This magnificent example is extremely straight, clean, and original with amazing quartersawn graining as evidenced in the images below.
