Glass Fronted Cabinet shelves

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Date: c.1882
Dimensions: 96.5 x 48.3 x 49.5
Object Type: furniture
Material: mahogany, leather and brass
Catalogue number: G36b
Designer: Mackmurdo | Arthur Heygate | 1851 | 1942
Retailer: Century Guild
Manufacturer: Collinson and Lock
Credit notes: WMG purchase, 1966

The sinuous fretwork in the back of this chair caused a sensation when it was exhibited in 1885. It is now seen as an early precursor of Art Nouveau. Only five of these chairs are known to exist; two in the collection of the William Morris Gallery, one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, one in the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, and the fifth copy is shared between the Huntingdon Library / Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Object Type: furniture

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