BY MORRIS & CO., CIRCA 1890

Details

A VICTORIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE
BY MORRIS & CO., CIRCA 1890
The circular top with moulded and reeded edge, on ring-turned tapering legs joined by shaped stretchers, stamped underneath 'MORRIS & CO/449 OXFORD STW' and numbered '752'
28 1/4 in. (72 cm.) high; 42 in. (106 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The lower stretcher of this table is typical of the work of George Washington Jack (1855-1932) and the legs and turned spindles of Philip Webb (d. 1915), who had been a founding member of Morris & Co. together with William Morris (d. 1896) in the 1860s. Jack worked with Philip Webb from 1880. He was a noted wood carver and inlayer, publishing Wood Carving: Design and Workmanship, 1903. He became Chief Designer for Morris and Co. in 1890, remaining there after Morris' death in 1896 and then taking over Webb's architectural practice in 1900.

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