Lot 278
MANNER OF WILLIAM BURGES
GOTHIC CENTRE TABLE, CIRCA 1870
Auction: Day One inc Contents from a London Apartment | Lots 197 to 333 | Wednesday 15th October
Description
walnut, stained oak, with gilded embellishment, marble and lapis lazuli inlay
Dimensions
107cm diameter, 60cm high
Footnote
Literature: Mordaunt Crook J. William Burges and the High Victorian Dream, London, 1981, p. 295 & p. 406, n. 26J.
Cooper J. Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, London, 1987, p. 72, fig. 152.
This table demonstrates similarities to furniture designed by Burges for his client Reverend J. A. Yatman and his new wife Anna Hamilton for their bridal bedroom at The Hall, Winscombe, in 1858. Burges insisted on an elaborate figurative scheme for the walls whilst the furniture, a gift to the couple from Burges, was left relatively plain. A well-documented mirror for the room in ebonised walnut, inlaid with hardstones was sold Christies, New York The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Temple of Wings, 14th June 2023, Lot 78.