Furniture made by Barnsley ‘for Cholmeley’
The two opening lots of Chorley’s Modern Art & Design sale on June 2 were a walnut and ebony secretaire cabinet and a dresser designed and made by Arts & Crafts titan Sidney Barnsley (1865-1926).
Both were created for Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley (1864-1940), the last squire of the 3000-acre Brandsby…