Lot Essay
See previous lot for a note on Godwin's furniture for Dromore Castle
Details
A William Watt pine dressing table designed by E.W. Godwin, for Dromore Castle, Ireland
central rectangular pivotted mirror flanked on either side by panelled single cupboard door below a three-quarter galleried top, each enclosing fitted shelves, with curved twin-branch sconces (one drip-pan missing), on square-section supports with open recesses and two short drawers, drawers and doors with circular electroplated lock plates with loop drop handles, on eight square-section legs, with casters
150cm. wide; 187cm. high; 48cm. deep
central rectangular pivotted mirror flanked on either side by panelled single cupboard door below a three-quarter galleried top, each enclosing fitted shelves, with curved twin-branch sconces (one drip-pan missing), on square-section supports with open recesses and two short drawers, drawers and doors with circular electroplated lock plates with loop drop handles, on eight square-section legs, with casters
150cm. wide; 187cm. high; 48cm. deep
Literature
Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, Nineteenth Century Design fron Pugin to Mackintosh, London, 1993, p. 134, pl. 162, detail illustrated
