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Philip Webb for Morris & Co. A Rare Arts & Crafts Walnut Sideboard Dresser.

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Philip Webb for Morris and Co. A rare Arts & Crafts Walnut sideboard dresser, with an arched top and pillar supports, a centre upper shelf set back with plate rack grooves and one single and one double-fronted drawer with brass handles and three cupboards below. Literature : An original drawing for a smaller version of this sideboard is in the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Christopher Menz, Morris & Co., Art Gallery of South Australia, exhibition catalogue, 2003, p. 85). Further examples appear in Truth, Beauty and Design: Victorian, Edwardian and Later Decorative Art, Fischer Fine Art, exhibition catalogue, 1986, p. 40; Adrian Tilbrook, John Andrews, Arts and Crafts Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2005, p. 51; Linda Parry, William Morris, London, 1996, p. 248; Jill Lever, Architects' Designs for Furniture, London, 1982, p. 87; and Sheila Kirk, Philip Webb, Pioneer of Arts & Crafts Architecture, Chichester, 2005, p. 53. Provenance : Sir Henry Howse, given as a wedding present in 1881, thence by descent. Catalogue notes Sir Henry Howse (1841-1914) was a senior surgeon at Guy's Hospital and was given this Morris & Co sideboard by his colleagues as a wedding present in 1881. He was knighted in 1902 in the Coronation Honours, commemorating the Coronation of Edward VII for services to medicine.
  • Creator:
    Morris & Co. (Maker),Philip Webb (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 61.5 in (156.21 cm)Width: 61.75 in (156.85 cm)Depth: 20 in (50.8 cm)
  • Style:
    Arts and Crafts (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1881
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2243315644702

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