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Dining table: M.2 & A-1975

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Morris and Company
Designer: Jack, George Washington

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Categories

Description

Mahogany dining table with rectangular top inlaid with ebony, six spirally turned legs, and a double Y-shaped stretcher. Accompanied by an extension with three legs (A)

Mahogany inlaid with ebony. The rectangular top is edged with herringbone inlays. The upper part of each of the six legs is spirally fluted and reeded. The rectangular areas at the junctions of the double Y-shaped stretcher are inlaid with tulips and foliage in ebony. The lower parts of the legs taper to square feet. The table is accompanied by an extension with three legs (A)

Notes

History note: Alexander Alexander Ionides (1840-98), No. 1, Holland Park, London; by descent to Mrs. P. Hotchkis; her sale, Christie's, 23 January 1975, Objects of Art, Victorian Furniture, Eastern Rugs amnd Carpets, p. 24, lot 134; purchased by Haslam & Whiteway for the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Legal notes

Purchased with the G. H. W. Rylands Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 72.8 cm
Length: 198.2 cm
Width: 121 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1975) by Haslam & Whiteway

Dating

Victorian
19th Century, Late#
Production date: AD 1880

Note

George Jack was born on Long Island, USA. He trained as an architect and entered Philip Webb's office in 1880. By 1890 he was the chief furniture-designer for Morris & Company, and in 1900 he took over Webb's practice. This table was one of his earliest designs for the firm, but it remained available to order at least until c. 1910, when it was advertised in either mahogany or Italian walnut, £30 without inlay or £45 with inlay (stock no. 557; catalogue, p. 27). This table was made for Alexander Alexander Ionides, of 1 Holland Park, who was charged £38 in March 1880. The bill survives in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The table is visible in a photograph of the dining room taken by Bedford Lemere, in an album given to the architect and furniture designer Philip Webb by Ionides.

School or Style

Arts and Crafts (movement)

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Inlay composed of ebony
Legs

Materials used in production

Mahogany

Techniques used in production

Inlay (process)

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2 & A-1975
Primary reference Number: 95847
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 26 May 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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