Aesthetic Movement Armchair

Designer: Edward William Godwin, 1833-18864

Manufacturer and retailer: James Peddle

Stamped design registration mark for 24th March 1881

Ebonised wood

31" (79 cm) high

Peddle is one of Godwin's lesser known manufacturers. There are a number of references to payments from Peddle in Godwin's papers, now in the Victona & Albert Museum's Archive of Art & Design, London. There are also two drawings in the Godwin sketch books which are marked for Peddle.

References

Spring '99.. Exhibition catalogue. London: The Fine Art Society, 1999. No. 38.

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