Armchair, circa 1875

Name: ATTRIBUTED TO E.W. GODWIN (1833-1886)
Brand: Armchair, circa 1875
Price: 6500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 8,190

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ATTRIBUTED TO E.W. GODWIN (1833-1886)

Armchair, circa 1875

Price Realised USD 8,190

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walnut, with grey upholstery, the reverse of the front rail stamped 92145
probably made by Collinson & Lock
31¹⁄₂ in. (80 cm.) high

The Fine Art Society, London.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in December 1994.

S. Weber Soros, The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, Yale University, 1999, fig. 129.

The Fine Art Society, London, Spring 1992.

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Lot Essay

The attribution for the present lot is based on a closely related design for a settee, with similarly curved arms and spindles, exhibited at the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris with William Watt, and illustrated that same year in Building News (see Soros, op cit, p. 108, fig. 129.1).