E. W. Godwin, Attributed. Anglo-Japanese Walnut Music Cabinet with Cloud Aprons
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Attributed to E. W. Godwin, this walnut music cabinet is aligned to the Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement (c.1860–1900), c.1880.
The cabinet has an inset square top above a dentil-moulded frieze, with an open shelf below enclosed by Japanese-style cloud-form cut-outs. The lower section is fitted with fielded panels to the visible sides, using stepped rectangular mouldings comparable to panels used by Godwin on the Butterfly cabinet. See: The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin by Susan Weber Soros, page 227, illustration 369, and a design for a sideboard on page 204, illustration 327.
The door opens to reveal a segmented interior arranged for music storage. The base is raised on splayed legs united by a further cloud-form frieze below the cupboard section. A closely related sketch for a table in a private collection shows a comparable arrangement of upper surface, open tier, drawer or cupboard section, and shaped lower apron. See: The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin by Susan Weber Soros, page 156, illustration 221-1. See last image.
Width: 17.13 in (43.5 cm)
Depth: 17.32 in (44 cm)
1880-1889
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