Table
Edward William Godwin
(English, 1833–1886)
Collinson & Lock
(English (London), active 1870–1897)
about 1875
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueRosewood; brass
Dimensions74 x 102.2 cm (29 1/8 x 40 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Frederick Heidelberger in loving memory of her son Herbert Heidelberger and her sister Jennie Goldstein
Accession number1986.343
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
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Called by Irish writer Oscar Wilde "the greatest aesthete of them all," Godwin was a pioneer of the Anglo-Japanese style although his furniture bears little resemblance to that made in Japan. The elegant, slender legs of this table emphasize the structural nature of its design and express Godwin's belief in the beauty of simplicity and the balance of solid and void.
InscriptionsStamped - COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON/6543
Stamped with government inventory mark - ER/VII (twice)
Applied label - 44ProvenanceBy 1986, H. Blairman & Sons, London [see note 1]; 1986, sold by H. Blairman & Sons to the MFA. (Accession date: September 17, 1986)NOTES:
[1] H. Blairman & Sons research indicates that the stamp "ERVII" found on the underside of the table signifies that it was inventoried in a public building, in the "early years of this century." See H. Blairman & Sons letter to the MFA in curatorial file.
about 1810–20
about 1810
first quarter of 19th century
17th century–early 18th century
