Lot 68
E. W. GODWIN (1833-1886) FOR DROMORE CASTLE, CO. LIMERICK
OAK REFECTORY TABLE, CIRCA 1870
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 616
Auction: Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
Description
the reduced rectangular top above turned and block legs with turned pad feet, linked by stretchers
Dimensions
134cm wide, 72cm high, 83cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Haslam & Whiteway, London
Paul Reeves, London
Literature: Soros, S. The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, Yale1999, pp. 144-145, 208,I and 208.II
Note: A pair of tables were designed by Godwin for the Dining Room at Dromore along with sixteen wainscot chairs, two carvers and a buffet. As the furniture does not appear in the inventory of furniture from William Watt it is thought likely that they were made by Reuben Burkitt who made other furniture for this commission.
The original dimensions of the tables are unknown as this table was reduced in the 1950s and the whereabouts of the other table is unknown.