The architect Leslie Martin (1908-2000) and his wife, the designer Sadie Speight (1906-92) played leading roles in twentieth-century architecture and design and as champions of progressive art.
Martin and Speight chose their furniture with great care, and once acquired, it was treasured. Indeed, in 1992 Michael Parkin wrote: ‘Most of the contents of the Martins' home dated from this period, from the early Thirties, with chairs by Serge Chermayeff and Marcel Breuer, tables by Alvar Aalto, lights by Jorn Utzon and even a coffee service by Ben Nicholson.’ (Michael Parkin, Obituary of Sadie Speight, The Independent, 27 October 1992). The couple were arbiters of the very best in twentieth-century design and civilised living, in which the tables and chairs presented here played a long-term role.
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