Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 288

AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY RECLINING ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1880, DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB FOR MORRIS, MARSHALL, FAULKNER & CO.

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 4,375

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AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY RECLINING ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1880, DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB FOR MORRIS, MARSHALL, FAULKNER & CO.
The adjustable back between bobbin-turned sides, on square legs with bobbin stretchers and brass castors

Specialist note

Philip Webb's inspiration for this chair design appears to be come from a drawing in a letter he received from Warington Taylor in 1866, though Webb did make some alterations. (See Linda Parry (ed.), William Morris, London, 1996, p. 178).