Table
Philip Speakman Webb (Oxford 1831 - West Sussex 1915)
Category
Furniture
Date
1831 - 1915
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
725 mm (H)1257 mm (W)1440 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Standen House and Garden, West Sussex (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Staircase Hall, Standen House and Garden, West Sussex, London and South East, National Trust
NT 1213993
Summary
Oval mahogany table, designed by Philip Webb. The plain top with a moulded edge is supported by a thick turned centre leg and six turned wooden outer legs each with horizontal reeded decoration. The six outer legs have thin, simulated bamboo, turned side-stretchers halfway down. In the lower quarter similar stretchers radiate from the central to each of the six outer legs.
Full description
11.9.2019- Following a visit by Martin Drury (in conversation with House Manager Ruth Howard) who was Curator when the Trust took over Standen from Grogan, Martin advised that he oversaw the purchase of this table. The records for this purchase were deposited at Wansdyke record repository but have not yet been interrogated. (Ruth Howard 11.9.2019)
Provenance
11.9.2019- Following a visit by Martin Drury (in conversation with House Manager Ruth Howard) who was Curator when the Trust took over Standen from Arthur Grogan, Martin advised that he oversaw the purchase of this table. The records for this purchase were deposited at Wansdyke record repository but have not yet been interrogated. (Ruth Howard 11.9.2019)
Makers and roles
Philip Speakman Webb (Oxford 1831 - West Sussex 1915), designer