Buy a piece of the 'Country Life'
11 August 2022 Country Life magazine’s furnishings, photographic archive and prints are coming to auction this month.
Among the lots is this group of Country Life copies featuring issue number one from January 8 1897 together with covers and pages from further editions of Country Life in the 1930s-40s. The group has an estimate of £80-120.
A selection of photographs, archival material and furnishings from the offices of Country Life magazine are coming to auction.
Roseberys in London will offer the collection across 98 lots at its August 18 Traditional Home sale.
It includes a large number of architectural and interior photographs of properties and estates across the British Isles used in the features that have been an important component of Country Life since its inception. Categorised according to county, the are expected to bring £100-200 each across 10 lots.
Among the 10 lots of miscellaneous photographs in the sale is this group of photos from the archive of properties in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Wales including Mawley Hall, Plas Newydd, Mathern, Mounton, and Ruthin Castle. The group is estimated at £100-200.
An Country Life editor's desk in George III style mahogany from the early 20th century. It is estimated at £600-1000.
This set of ten ebonised birch Spiderback dining chairs, c.1905, originally produced for the board room of Country Life magazine, probably under the direction of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, are estimated at £6000-8000.
Across 15 different lots is a selection of photographs attributed to well-known Victorian photographer Frederick Henry Evans. Among them is this image of Westminster Abbey estimated at £150-200.
Country Life was founded in 1897 and covers aspects of life in the country with a focus on country house architecture, fine art, gardens, gardening, food and drink and dogs.
The magazine, now based in Farnborough, was purchased by publishing company Future in 2019.
The archive is being sold by Future and was previously held in its former office in Tavistock Street, London.
