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**Philip Webb** for Morris & Co. An extremely rare *Arts and Crafts* *Aesthetic Movement* Ebonised Settee with pineapple finials and scallop *style* carved details to the top head rail. The upper sides curve out beautifully uniting to the arms at the back. The arms curve up slightly with bobbin-*style* details running down and further bobbin details to the legs, front, sides, and side stretchers.
Professionally reupholstered in period-*style* fabric. This settee was designed to compliment the famous bobbin-turned adjustable reclining armchairs, designed by **Philip Webb** for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. Those elegant timeless recliners were based on a design from an earlier traditional prototype found in the workshop of an old carpenter named Ephraim Colman in Herstmonceux, East Sussex. U K by George Warrington Taylor in 1866 the business manager at that time for Morris Marshall, Faulkner & Co. He drew a sketch and wrote a description of the chair and sent it to **Philip Webb** who adapted it for production by Morris, Marshall, and Faulkner 1861-1875 and in turn designed this settee to compliment the armchairs. A rare Morris and Co daybed also designed by **Philip Webb** from the same suite sold at Christie's Auction House London (sale number 1115) for G BP 30, 000 on 1st May 2013.
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