Arts & Crafts, including the collection of the late Barbara Morris - 23rd June 2010

Lot 69

A Morris & Co walnut sideboard designed by Philip Webb

Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £7000

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Description

A Morris & Co walnut sideboard designed by Philip Webb, stamped marks to drawer top 152cm. wide Provenance Dr J W Browne, Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford until 1886. thence by descent to Mr & Mrs Sylvester Gibb. Provenance Barbara Morris Literature Decoration, Morris & Co. catalogue page 28 catalogue number 181, for a comparable form illustrated, priced at £25. Sheila Kirk, Philip Webb, Pioneer of Arts and Crafts Architecture, Wiley Academy, page 53 for a comparable sideboard with closed ends.