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Design attributed to: Edward William Godwin (English, 1833–1886)
Made by: Collinson & Lock (English (London), active 1870–1897)
Made by: Collinson & Lock (English (London), active 1870–1897)
English (London)
about 1875
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Rosewood; brass
Dimensions
74 x 102.2 cm (29 1/8 x 40 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Frederick Heidelberger in loving memory of her son Herbert Heidelberger and her sister Jennie Goldstein
Accession Number1986.343
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture
Furniture – Tables, stands, screens
Furniture – Tables, stands, screens
Called by Irish writer Oscar Wilde "the greatest aesthete of them all," Godwin was a pioneer of the Anglo-Japanese style although his furniture bears little resemblance to that made in Japan. The elegant, slender legs of this table emphasize the structural nature of its design and express Godwin's belief in the beauty of simplicity and the balance of solid and void.
DescriptionRosewood with brass castors. Octagonal rosewood center table with molded edge, raised on eight turned and shaped tapering legs. Eight arched stretchers forming 'spokes' joined to a pendant. The legs terminate with brass caps and castors.
InscriptionsStamped - COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON/6543
Stamped with government inventory mark - ER/VII (twice)
Applied label - 44
Stamped with government inventory mark - ER/VII (twice)
Applied label - 44
ProvenanceBy 1986, H. Blairman & Sons, London [see note 1]; 1986, sold by H. Blairman & Sons to the MFA. (Accession date: September 17, 1986)
NOTES:
[1] H. Blairman & Sons research indicates that the stamp "ERVII" found on the underside of the table signifies that it was inventoried in a public building, in the "early years of this century." See H. Blairman & Sons letter to the MFA in curatorial file.
NOTES:
[1] H. Blairman & Sons research indicates that the stamp "ERVII" found on the underside of the table signifies that it was inventoried in a public building, in the "early years of this century." See H. Blairman & Sons letter to the MFA in curatorial file.