Arts and Crafts - 19th June 2019
Lot 253
An Aesthetic Movement ebonised wood Jacobean armchair designed by Edward William Godwin
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £250
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Description
An Aesthetic Movement ebonised wood Jacobean armchair designed by Edward William Godwin, circular padded seat on tapering, turned legs with streamlined, curved arms and lattice back, turned bobbin stretchers unsigned, 83cm. high
Literature
Susan Weber Soros The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin, Yale, page 89 catalogue number 108 for a comparable example illustrated. This example bearing the William Watt enamel label. Soros notes this Old English or Jacobean design was one of Godwin's most popular designs and was produced in many different versions (our example has different turned bobbin stretchers).
Provenance
Private collection.