Philip Webb – Reclining armchair, ca. 1880

Philip Webb

Reclining armchair, ca. 1880

Ebonized wood, brass castors, modern upholstery
Probably made by Morris & Co.
h. 100,5 cm - w. 68,5 cm - d. 83,5 cm

PROVENANCE : Private collection, Canterbury, Kent

SIMILAR PIECES : Victoria and Albert Museum, London - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Crab Tree Farm Foundation, Illinois - Geffrye Museum, London - Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

LITERATURE : The Cabinet Maker, July 1887, London, page 11 - John Andrews, 'Arts and Crafts Furniture', Woodbridge, 2004, page 45 plate 50.

COLLECTION : British private collection