Gerald Summers Bookshelves
British
Circa 1935
Made by 'Makers of Simple Furniture'.
In 1934 Summers achieved a ‘Mondrian’ like perfection with his design for these L-shaped book shelves. The five units can be placed in a huge variety of combinations and with their asymmetric internal dimensions and exciting external silhouette they are quite unlike any other modular design before or since; yet as always they conform to Summers’ interdependence of form and function.
Dimensions of each unit: 102 cm x 51 cm x 23 cm (40 x 20 x 9 in)
Provenance: Jessie Ball Collection 1935/7 – 2000
Andrew McIntosh Patrick 2000 - 2008
Bibliography: ‘Makers of Simple Furniture’ Catalogue 1934