ATTRIBUTED TO E. W. GODWIN (1833-1886), PROBABLY MADE BY WILLIAM WATT ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1880 ebonised wood, with caned seat, back and arm panels, and with later cushions upholstered in period fabric circa 1880

(61.5cm wide, 90cm high, approx. 75cm deep)

Footnote: Literature: Soros, Susan The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, Yale 1999, p. 96, no. 116 and p. 88, no. 107, where this armchair is illustrated. Provenance: Paul Reeves, London Property from an Important Private Collection Note: An easy chair version of the wicker chair that Godwin designed for his own use in 1867, and later for Dromore Castle.