Cabinet

Designer: E. W. Godwin

Manufacturers: William Watt

c. 1877

Height 70 inches; width 50 1/2 inches; depth 16 inches

Commissioned by James Cook, Esq., for Mount Harry, Sevenoaks

Satinwood with brass mounts and ivory handles, the upper doors decorated with four painted panels on a gilt grounds, representing Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The panels were probably painted by Godwin's wife, Beatrice, whom he had married in 1876 after Ellen Terry left him.

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References

The Aesthetic Movement and the Cult of Japan. London: The Fine Art Society, 1972. Catalogue number 279.

Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art: The Handley-Read Collection. London: The Fine Art Society, 1972.

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