Edward William Godwin for William Watt, An Anglo-Japanese Walnut Desk.
By William Watt, Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) for William Watt, an Anglo-Japanese walnut desk, with a leather inset top, blind fret frieze and on upper drawer fronts with long deep ledger drawers to the sides, shaped brackets, tapering legs with brass feet. Provenance : See sale Gardiner Houlgate 'Antique Furniture Works of Art' Wednesday 14th July 1999, lot 775, for this desk. Lot 773 an oak buffet and a walnut sideboard in the same style both with William Watt, Grafton Street, London labels.
See Soros, Susan Weber 'The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin', p.267 plate 8 from William Watt's 1877 Art Furniture catalogue under Anglo-Japanese drawing...
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Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique William Watt Furniture