Lot 81
E. W. GODWIN (1833-1886) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR COLLINSON & LOCK, LONDON
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1880
Auction: 12 October 2022 at 11:00 BST
£1,638
Description
mahogany, clear glass, bevelled mirrored glass and brass fittings, abalone shell inlay, machine-embroidered fabric, embossed leather paper
Dimensions
143cm wide, 168.5cm high, 51.5cm deep
Footnote
Note: During the 1870s Godwin designed a series of furniture for Collinson & Lock, which was then later redesigned for William Watt, which he described as cottage-style. A design drawing for a similar dresser or buffet of demi-lune form with open side shelves and brass fitments appears in William Watt's Art Furniture catalogue of 1877 as illustrated in Soros, Susan, The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, New Haven, 1999, p. 221, pl. 354.