Description
Ebonised wood, split cane seat and back
Circa: h. 81 cm, w. 42 cm, d. 68 cm
Attributed to E. W. Godwin. Susan Weber-Soros: „This „steamer chair“
is a folding version of Godwin’s wicker chair design. The turned
supports and the delineation of the splat resemble Godwin’s
lightweight chair model. Godwin also used the same split cane for
his wicker chair design. The idea of a folding chair would have
appealed to Godwin’s functional approach to design“.
Marks
Not marked
Provenance
Private collection Belgium
Public collections
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Literature
Susan Weber-Soros, The Secular Furniture of E. W. Goodwin,
New Haven 1999, pag. 97, No. 117 (catalogue raisonné)