Arts and Crafts - 1st June 2007

Lot 879

A William Watt Anglo-Japanese walnut two-tiered table designed by E W Godwin

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £22000

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Description

A William Watt Anglo-Japanese walnut two-tiered table designed by E W Godwin, the design exhibited at the 1878 Exposition Universelle, Paris 1878, square section with flaring legs set with brass fittings applied William Watt label, losses and damages 68cm. high Literature Susan Weber Soros The Secular Furniture of E W Godwin Yale page 160 catalogue number 226.2 for a reproduction of the original drawing for this table Susan Weber Soros Aesthetic Movement Architect and Designer BGC Yale, fig.4-9 for a photograph of the William Watt stand at the Exposition Universelle 1878, including an example of this table