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Lot 45

AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY CIRCULAR CENTRE TABLE

DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB (1831-1915) FOR MORRIS & CO., CIRCA 1870

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 12,500

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AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MAHOGANY CIRCULAR CENTRE TABLE
DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB (1831-1915) FOR MORRIS & Co., CIRCA 1870
With ring turned legs joined by conforming stretchers
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

Webb's design for the circular multiple-legged table dates from the 1860s, and variations can be identified in photographs of the interior of Swann House, Chelsea, designed by Richard Norman Shaw, and again in Tangley Manor, 1885.