Furniture from the Edward Barnsley Workshop

A wide range of furniture has been produced by the workshop. Over 7000 pieces of furniture have been made since Edward Barnsley started in 1923. The Archives, in the workshop cottage contain a vast array of designs, some 4,000 of them. This archive is unique holding Edward Barnsley's designs, working drawings, photographs and correspondence. It is open for use and so please contact the Trust to discuss arrangements if you wish to see more.

The Workshop can produce almost any piece of furniture but is not run as a factory. Pieces are individually designed and tailored for the client (see commissioning).

A selection of furniture is shown below. In addition to these pieces which are typical, more specialist pieces, made for specific purposes or spaces can be produced.

Note: In order to view the pieces of furniture in their correct proportions follow the links from the small thumbnails below

Workshop Furniture

The Workshop has produced a wide variety of furniture for many and diverse clients.

Companies

Large Boardroom furniture, for companies such as Courtaulds Engineering Ltd. (see Figure 1a and 1b), or smaller office furniture such as that shown in Figure 2a and 2b.
Figure 1aFigure 1baFigure 2aFigure 2b

Eclessiastical

The Archbishop of Canterbury chair, prie-Dieu and stool (see Figure 3), or a commemorative chair for a parish church (figure 4), or a pulpit (figure 5).
Figure 3Figure 4Figure 5

Government and University

For example the dinning table for the Lord Chancellor's apartments in the Palace of Westminster, London; or a library table for Clare College Cambridge, UK (Figure 22).
Figure 22

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