An iconic Cloud Armchair in leather and burr wood trim by Epstein. Excellent condition. Can be reupholstered to client''s specifications. Available to view at The Design Gallery''s 3000 sq.ft. Showroom & Warehouse in Marsh Green, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5RB. Please enquire for a competitive quotation for UK delivery and international shipping. We have specialised in original Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Deco for 24 years and wrote the chapters ''Art Deco Furniture and Art Deco Ceramics'' for Judith Miller''s book ''20th Century Design.'' EPSTEIN: Morris (also known as Solomon) Epstein (1870-1940), a Russian immigrant cabinet maker arrived in London�s East End in 1890, and subsequently married Katie Fellner (1882-1960) in 1901. Their children included six sons born in the early years of the twentieth century: Reuben (1902-1965); Isaac � known as Sidney (1904-1974); David (1906-1972); Harry (1909-1996); Louis � also known as Lewis or Lou (1911-1986) and Michael � also known as Myer (1915-1999). During the 1920s all six brothers followed their father into the furniture trade as cabinet makers and joined the firm M Epstein & Sons at 1 Gun Street, London, E1. Morris retired in 1929 and his young sons � most notably Harry and Louis � went on to design and produce some of the most innovative furniture of the Art Deco period, trading as furniture makers, wholesalers and retailers under a variety of business names both individually and in partnership with one another.Their style reflected the avant-garde influences of the Paris 1925 �Art Deco� exhibition, seen in their use of curvilinear forms and rich veneers. These traits blended, almost unconsciously, with a certain grandeur and scale that derived from their family�s Russian background, and found expression in designs that were also in tune with the Modernist ethos emanating from continental Europe. The styling of the iconic �Cloud� dining, lounge and salon suites, for instance, conveyed that sense of sun...