Object Description
Charles Bevan, for Marsh Jones & Cribb attributed.
A large and exceptional English Aesthetic Movement exhibition quality wall mirror or overmantle.
Originally known as “Marsh and Jones: Medieval Cabinet Makers” of Leeds””, they began making furniture around 1850 and became Marsh Jones and Cribb in 1867. They exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1878. They employed Charles Bevan who in 1865 gave them license to manufacture his successful ‘New Registered Reclining Chair. Charles Bevan designed the furniture and interiors for the son of Sir Titus Salt for his marital home Saltaire which was all made by Marsh Jones and Cribb.
Bruce James Talbert was also designing furniture for MJC in the 1870s and 1880s.