Sworders conduct four specialist auctions a year which have quickly become an established part of the UK auction calendar. The DESIGN sale caters to all budgets with estimates ranging from £100 to £100,000.
There are three distinct sections within the sale covering Arts & Crafts, Art Deco and Modern Design, Furniture, Studio Ceramics, and 1960s Design
Over the last few sales we have concentrated on growing the Scandinavian Furniture and Design element and now have a sale solely dedicated to contemporary lighting, objects, and mid-century and modern design.
Past sale highlights include a piano designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Guild of Handicrafts sold for £10,400; a collection of Clarice Cliff totalling over £30,000; Finn Juhl's ‘Bwana’ chair selling for £2,200 and Barbara Hepworth's 'Two Rotating Forms II', selling for £250,000.
For further information on specific Design collecting areas, please follow the links below.
Want to know how much your items of Design may be worth? Fill out our easy to use form and a member of the team will be in touch with free advice shortly.
Our specialists hold regular valuation days. Please contact us for more information, or complete the online form to enquire about the valuation of your items.
John Black
Director
20th Century Art & Design | Head of Department
T: 01279 817778
E: johnblack@sworder.co.uk
Lawrie Gatehouse (1943 - 2020) was an avid collector of Art Deco and posters, drawn to the printed medium through his primary love of the golden age of steam and travel. The main pieces of the collection now comes to sale in our auction of Design on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 October, other works from his collection will be sold in our Homes and Interiors sale on 21 September.
10 September 2021
Coming up in our auction of Design on the 13 & 14 July, we offer an energetic linocut from an exceptional Swiss artist associated with The Grosvenor School of Modern Art
Our Design sale on 13 &14 July includes a cache of prints taken by music photographer Ed Finnell at legendary gigs held in Los Angeles in the 1970s - the very first time his work is available to buy at auction in the UK - including original photographs of Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Robert Plant and Elton John all performing in their pomp.
Stansted Auction Rooms
T: 01279 817778 | E: auctions@sworder.co.uk
Opening Times: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Hertford
T: 01992 583508 | E: hertford@sworder.co.uk
Opening Times: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
London
T: 0203 971 2500 | E: london@sworder.co.uk
Opening Times: Monday-Friday 10am–5pm
Late opening accommodated upon request
Kent
T: 01732 757675 | E: kent@sworder.co.uk
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