English Arts and Crafts dressing table/desk, Gomme Furniture Wycombe

About Gomme Furniture Wycombe:

Founded in 1898 by Ebenzer Gomme, the furniture company Gomme Furniture Wycombe began its journey with the manufacture of chairs. The business quickly continued to grow and expand to all types of furniture, and by 1911 they already included all types of tables, cabinets and cupboards in their catalogue. In fact, Gomme is considered to be one of the promoters of modern living room furniture as a set, that is, all the furniture in a dining room designed as a set and sold as a set of pieces that included chairs, the table, and sometimes cupboards and cupboards. The founder of the brand died in 1931, leaving behind a company that employed almost 800 people. During World War II they dedicated themselves to the manufacture of aircraft frames.

During the 1950s, Donald Gomme, a relative of the founder, introduced the G-Plan, a collection of modern furniture, sold in pieces according to the client’s budget, something that revolutionised the furniture market due to its practicality and easy marketing to the general public. In 1989 the brand was sold to the Hillsdown Group, which continued the activity until it was acquired by the Morris Furniture group. Today they continue to work in furniture manufacturing and have founded the Wycombe Museum, an entity dedicated to the conservation and dissemination of the city’s furniture and art collections, greatly enriched by pieces from the Gomme Furniture company.

Type: Dressing table/desk
Brand: Gomme Furniture Wycombe
Materials: Oak, mirror
Period: 1930s
Country: England
Good condition for its age and use
Dimensions: 145 x 76 x 46 cm.
Mirror diameter: 60 cm.
Height of top: 77 cm.