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E. W. Godwin Made by William Watt. A Wicker Chair

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E. W. Godwin Made by William Watt. An Aesthetic Movement ebonised wicker chair.

This example is true to Godwin's original design with the wider cane back. See Soros Pg. 88 Pl. 107.1
On the same page Pl. 107 an example with a smaller cane back. Also see Elizabeth Azlin Pg 42 Pl 8 for another example with a smaller cane back.
Godwin originally designed the wicker chair in 1867 for his own use. It is illustrated in William Watt’s Art Furniture of 1877 (plates 2 and 8). also used in an advertisement for ‘William Watt, Artistic Furniture Warehouse,’ appearing in the British Architect in 1878 (fig. 107.1).

Provenance: Anthony Geering. Bröhan Museum.

Dimensions
Height: 35.39 in (89.9 cm)
Width: 16.34 in (41.5 cm)
Depth: 15.94 in (40.5 cm)
Year of manufacture
1875
Maker
William Watt
Designer
Edward William Godwin
Exhibition status
Previously Exhibited
Period
Aesthetic Movement
1870-1879
Style
Anglo-Japanese
Condition
Good

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