Drawing
September 1877 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Design for a wicker chair in the Japanese style.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour |
| Brief description | Design for a wicker chair in the Japanese style. Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour drawing by Edward William Godwin, 1877. One of 33 sheets of designs for furniture, interiors and murals. |
| Physical description | Design for a wicker chair in the Japanese style. |
| Dimensions | The drawings in this series are described as being of various sizes |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'E W G. Sep.77' (Signed and dated) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist |
| Object history | This drawing is one of 33 loose leaves with various designs for furniture, interiors and murals etc., and dated 1872-1883. The chair, for which this drawing is a design, was made by William Watt and shown at the Paris International Exhibition, 1878. This design with a slight variation was reproduced on p.599 of Vol.34 of The Building News, 1878. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.479-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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