Lot 298: AN ARTS AND CRAFTS WALNUT 'KELMSCOTT' TABLE

AN ARTS AND CRAFTS WALNUT 'KELMSCOTT' TABLE
DESIGNED BY PHILIP WEBB (1831-1915) FOR MORRIS & Co., CIRCA 1875
The top with reeded edge on ring-turned legs joined by stretchers, on ceramic castors
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 71¾ in. (182.5 cm.) long; 38¼ in. (97 cm.) deep

Ewen Manor, Gloucestershire, by repute.

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This table is of the same design as one owned by William Morris, and used in his study at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. Another table of this design was used in the Tapestry Room of Morris's house in Oxfordshire.

A watercolour by Mary A. Sloane 'May Morris in Tapestry Room at Kelmscott Manor', 1910-15, depicts William Morris' daughter May editing the twenty four volumes of Collected Works by William Morris whilst seated at a similar table. This picture is held by the William Morris Gallery, Waltham Forest, London.