A similar table appears in the Morris & Co. catalogue, ‘Specimens of Furniture and Interior Decoration’ (c. 1911) p.23 where it is listed as ‘No 557 Handsome carved and inlaid dinner table designed by Mr George Jack.’ The table was available in either mahogany or Italian walnut at a cost of £45 (or £30 without inlay decoration). The inlay panels on the legs in the example shown in the catalogue are small decorative ovals instead of the roses and thistles in this table. The edge of the top is decorated with inlaid chevron banding, supported on four pairs of legs, the upper part of the legs turned in a twisting flute, the lower part tapering to a simple foot, with a centre section inlaid with roses and thistles. The two inner pairs of legs are joined by stretchers running front to back, with a central stretcher running the length of the table with A-shaped stretchers to outer pairs of legs at either end.
The table was also made in a smaller, square version, one example of which was originally made for Melsetter House, the Orkney home of the Middlemore family, designed by Philip Webb with Morris furnishings, and is now in a private collection, London.
© William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest
© William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest
© William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest
