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E. W. Godwin. An Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement Walnut Centre or Dining Table
POA
E. W. Godwin, attributed
Probably made by Collinson & Lock. An Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement walnut centre or dining table, with a large circular top with a shaped apron below, on six flaring turned legs, united by six radiating spoke stretchers to a central open ring.
References:- Art Furniture from Designs by E. W. Godwin, F. S. A., London, 1877, plate 12 for a similar eight-legged example.
- Lionel Lambourne, The Aesthetic Movement, London, 1996, page 159, illustrated.
- Susan Weber Soros, The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, New Haven, 2001, pp. 149, 151-152 for similar examples, page 150, cat no. 214, illustrated.
- A pencil and gouache drawing for a similar eight-legged version in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- For a comparable seven leg example (which I have shown here in the last image). See Sotheby's sale 5th February 2019: THE FINE ART SOCIETY: 142 YEARS ON NEW BOND STREET: Lot 40.
Width: 50.39 in (128 cm)
Diameter: 50.39 in (128 cm)
Depth: 50.39 in (128 cm)
1870-1879
Wear consistent with age and use.
