1592996717000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-81974 1747160301809 1719330716000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-81974 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81974 9fffbc75-2bd4-39cd-83a2-ea063ad7b5e2 11 reference term-67107 adlib-term-67107 a60d0be2-2105-3b16-a693-a7206db57074 furniture Applied Arts Osage orange and sycamore wood, with two horizontal wavy planks supported by two groups of three curved legs, held together and to the planks by curved elements that pass through them and protrude on the other side. Made from timber of trees which were felled by the great storm of 1987 in Kew Gardens. M.49-1997 1 accession number M.49-1997 81974 priref 81974 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81974 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81974 under the top handwritten in silver Rupert Williamson/96 maker's name and date under the top inscribed on a circular brass disc KEW/WOOD/GALES/87 source of material reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Gift of Sir Nicholas and Lady Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund. reference agent-156032 adlib-agent-156032 3aded83c-6f5c-39b8-a50c-07f712e01b2c Goodison, Nicholas and Judith 1997 1997 1997 given Entry date: 1997-03-03 1996 CE 1996 dated under the top 1996 maker reference agent-161078 adlib-agent-161078 006da00f-000b-376f-9af8-243d70edc30b Williamson, Rupert Made from the timber of trees in Kew Garden, London, felled by the storm of 1987. Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: This sculptural table was one of a number of pieces of furniture made from trees at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, blown down in the 1987 gales. Rupert Williamson studied at High Wycombe College of Art and Technology (now Buckinghamshire New University) and the RoyalCollege of Art in London where he was taught by David Pye (1914–93), finding his way of designing ‘with curves and colours’ did not entirely accord with Pye’s design philosophy. He established his first studio in 1962. Williamson is widely regarded as one of the foremost designer-craftsmen of furniture working today and has undertaken numerous private and public commissions including work for Norwich Museum, the Open University and the University of Oxford. For Williamson, his manual skills and knowledge of materials are integral to his design process. In 2014 a monograph on his work, The Furniture of Rupert Williamson, in which this table was illustrated, was published by Duval & Hamilton, explaining in detail how his work evolves – developing from sketches, models, computer-aided design (CAD), or a combination of these, as well as the choice of materials and the methods of construction. He was one of the designer/makers selected by David Savage for inclusion in his book, Furniture with Soul (2012). reference term-109890 adlib-term-109890 825251c2-9904-34be-b6ab-c855347f2247 20th Century, Late reference term-107700 adlib-term-107700 8f5360fb-b262-3ae9-8942-b81cc0e3e848 Elizabeth II reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country England reference term-35368 adlib-term-35368 f864c4d4-c896-30eb-945c-dd6ebdcbb2b6 Osage orange reference term-38463 adlib-term-38463 a21da77e-64e5-3464-afe8-98708af6ec86 sycamore Height cm 89.8 Length cm 160.2 reference media-196792 adlib-media-196792 979f3333-f57a-3f03-bc15-72fdeb31d53f jpeg aa/aa33/large_M_49_1997_1_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 667 width pixels 1023 1616267796135 1 image jpeg aa/aa33/mid_M_49_1997_1_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 326 width pixels 500 1616267796135 1 image jpeg aa/aa33/M_49_1997_1_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 668 width pixels 1025 1616267796135 1 image jpeg aa/aa33/preview_M_49_1997_1_200806_mfj22_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 163 width pixels 250 1616267796135 1 image 0 media image reference media-197068 adlib-media-197068 3ee3f07f-2205-39cc-964f-6c73e70d1d8e jpeg aa/aa34/M_49_1997_1_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 712 1616250325945 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/mid_M_49_1997_1_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 720 width pixels 500 1616250325945 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/M_49_1997_1_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1025 width pixels 712 1616250325945 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/preview_M_49_1997_1_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 360 width pixels 250 1616250325945 1 image 1 media image reference media-197069 adlib-media-197069 cbae2b76-e009-3ead-9ab1-c5d236539cf5 jpeg aa/aa34/large_M_49_1997_2_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 768 width pixels 1024 1616278025709 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/mid_M_49_1997_2_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 500 1616278025709 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/M_49_1997_2_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 769 width pixels 1025 1616278025709 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/preview_M_49_1997_2_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 188 width pixels 250 1616278025709 1 image 2 media image reference media-197070 adlib-media-197070 0904e49b-2109-3b68-a09b-2a9e41ced729 jpeg aa/aa34/large_M_49_1997_2_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 777 width pixels 1024 1616239915250 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/mid_M_49_1997_2_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 380 width pixels 500 1616239915250 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/M_49_1997_2_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 778 width pixels 1025 1616239915250 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/preview_M_49_1997_2_201512_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 190 width pixels 250 1616239915250 1 image 3 media image reference media-197071 adlib-media-197071 489e0523-5254-375c-be09-387cf10e2217 jpeg aa/aa34/large_M_49_1997_3_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 764 width pixels 1024 1616252258873 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/mid_M_49_1997_3_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 373 width pixels 500 1616252258873 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/M_49_1997_3_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 765 width pixels 1025 1616252258873 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/preview_M_49_1997_3_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 187 width pixels 250 1616252258873 1 image 4 media image reference media-197072 adlib-media-197072 084de91d-56ce-32df-9074-2a34f3fc5c74 jpeg aa/aa34/large_M_49_1997_4_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 768 width pixels 1024 1616239695802 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/mid_M_49_1997_4_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 500 1616239695802 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/M_49_1997_4_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 769 width pixels 1025 1616239695802 1 image jpeg aa/aa34/preview_M_49_1997_4_201511_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 188 width pixels 250 1616239695802 1 image 5 media image reference term-74053 adlib-term-74053 8070a143-6567-3d75-b6f4-642c22430675 side table history note Contemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy Street, London, W1P 9F4 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. pp. 293 and 295. 293, 295 reference publication-400002285 adlib-publication-400002285 15952748-560a-3e66-85e4-c632827a33b7 The Goodison Gift of Contemporary British Crafts to The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Publ. p. 56 in colour. Date of publication possibly April. 56 reference publication-200002253 adlib-publication-200002253 d7e0778e-448b-3f55-b441-123824504fdd Reviews, Exhibitions, Working Spaces: Furniture and Textiles for the Working Environment, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, W1, 10 January - 15 February 1997 Publ. p. 19, illustrated 19 reference publication-2065 adlib-publication-2065 4a4b1b7c-93ad-3461-88c3-bdab831e3a14 The Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1997 Publ. pp. 26-9, no. 4, illustrations pp. 27-9. Object description, and maker's biography 26-29 reference publication-8258 adlib-publication-8258 71d79ea2-2385-305e-9044-fbb0cde9ffe7 Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-117337 adlib-term-117337 4384df20-5604-3ac1-aff2-e396ed3bf20d Contemporary Craft reference term-25004 adlib-term-25004 de16b0ea-e006-3b22-9e50-6d7ab5cda81c storm reference term-107772 adlib-term-107772 5f887387-807c-3109-a6c3-0bc8d82b1e0e Kew Gardens

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