Philip Webb (1831 - 1915) for Morris & Co.

oak, the rectangular moulded top above eight reeded and fluted spiral-twist supports joined by a mid-tier, the moulded feet joined by a lower stretcher

By repute from Ladywell Convent, Godalming, Surrey
Fine Art Society, 1989
Private Collection

Giles Elwood, 'Three Tables by Philip Webb', Furniture History, vol. 32 (1996)

A large and impressive piece, which is not as green in tone as the illustration in the catalogue suggests and has a pleasant midbrown patina. Minor old marks, scratches and water marks to the top, consistent with age and use. There are some small dents to the edges of the table top, undertier and to the edges of the feet, consistent with age and use. Of good structural and honest condition and ready for display.
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An apparently identical table formed part of the furnishings of Rounton Grange, East Rounton, North Yorkshire. Demolished in 1954, the house was designed by Webb in 1872 for Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell. Rounton Grange was furnished by Morris & Co. and had ceilings painted by Morris and Burne-Jones (Sheila Kirk, Philip Webb, Pioneer of Arts & Crafts Architecture, Chichester, 2005, p. 124). In 'Three Tables by Philip Webb', Giles Elwood traces the Rounton Grange table to a present-day private collection, though it has been cut down in length (Furniture History, vol. 32 (1996), p. 133). A similar table, but with one extra division, was made in the 1880s for The Hon. Percy Wyndham's house at Clouds, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and was sold Sotheby's London, 27 March 1997, lot 322.