Philip Webb, Oval library table, ca. 1888

American black walnut
Made by Morris and Co.

l. 54 in. (137 cm) - w. 47,5 in. (121 cm) - h. 28 in. (72 cm)

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Provenance

Commissioned by Alexander 'Aleco' lonides for the 'Antiquities Room' of his house, 1 Holland Park, London, ca. 1888. By descent to his wife, Isabella Sechiari, after his death in 1898. In 1908, Isabella sells 1 Holland Park and moves to Esher, Surrey. By descent to her daughter Penelope, and her husband Robert Hotchkiss, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1913-1946 - In 1946, after her hushand's death Penelone lonides moves to Rathmore Fife, Scotland - The table remained there until her death in 1974 when it passed to her son Alistair Hotchkiss, and again by descent to her granddaughter Penelope Hotckhiss, Glasgow, unlit 2016.

Publications

Charlotte Gere and Michael Whiteway, 'Nineteenth-Century Design, From Pugin to Mackintosh', London, 1993, page 100 plate 108 - John Andrews, 'Arts and Crafts Furniture', Woodbridge, 2005, page 50 plate 45 (for similar tables)