Arts and Crafts - 19th June 2019
Lot 273
A Gothic Revival oak library table the design attributed to E.W. Pugin
Estimate £700 - £900 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A Gothic Revival oak library table the design attributed to E.W. Pugin, octagonal with inset baize top, with four drawers and four blind drawers, one drawer with writing slope, each with Webb & Grew Birmingham locks and brass furniture, the four cruciform arched legs on cross base and inset castors, with carved geometric bands ebonised black, 120cm wide, 77cm high.
Literature
Paul Atterbury & Clive Wainwright Pugin A Gothic Passion, V&A exhibition catalogue, 1994, page 13 plate 24 for a table with similar configuration to under-carriage.
Provenance
Robert Kime
The Estate of Professor Rodney Fitch CBE