Liberty & Co Arts And Crafts Witlaf Sideboard

Description

Heading :  Liberty & Co Arts And Crafts Witlaf Sideboard
Date : 1895- 1900
Origin : England
Features : Oak with coppered metal plaque.Copper handles  and hand-beaten hinges
Condition : Exemplary
Restoration : Re-polished and cleaned
Dimensions : Height 197cms ( 77.5″). Width 185cms ( 73″). Depth 64cms (25″)

Reference :

The Witlaf sideboard first appears in the Liberty & CoHandbook of Sketches published in 1895. The name may have been inspired by the Longfellow poem. King Witlaf’s Drinking Horn. which began Witlaf. a king of the Saxons…’
A period photograph and sketch are reproduced in Daryl Bennett. Liberty’s Furniture 1875-1915. pp 139-140

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