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F. A. Voysey (1857-1941) were like large, idealised country cottages. Their unornamented furniture (generally made of oak like this table) reflected the informality of the rooms. This table was made by the London firm of F. C. Nielsen, which also made other furniture designed by Voysey.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>Voysey's contemporary, the architect M. H. Baillie Scott (1865-1945), wrote, 'If one were to sum up in a few words the scope and purposes of Mr Voysey's work, one might say that it consists mainly in the application of serenely sane, practical and rational ideas to homemaking'. Here, Voysey has eliminated all metal fixtures: the components are simply wedged together. The original design for this table, dated 1903, is in the Royal Institute of British Architects' Drawings Collection, London. An inscription on the drawing refers to a house in Buckinghamshire called Hollymount, built by Voysey in 1905-1906.<br><br><b>Places</b><br>Where did this table come from? A photograph of the living room at Hollymount shows a similar table. However, around the same time Voysey remodelled a house in Chelsea, London, for the politician E. J. Horniman. Photographs of rooms in this house also include tables of this design. We cannot be sure whether this table is one of those included in these photos.","physicalDescription":"Circular oak table.  The top rests on four curved supports, the ends of these slot into a cylinder which is wedged between two hemispheres; the cylinder is supported by four more curved supports, which are also slotted into it.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"C. F. A. Voysey","id":"A8955"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"F. C. 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Burke near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.  The design drawing of the table is dated by Voysey 1903, although the table was probably made in1905-6 when the house was completed.  Two tables of the same design appear in photographs of Garden Corner, Chelsea, an interior conversion completed by Voysey for E.J. Horniman in 1906-7.\r\n\r\nAt the time of acquisition the vendor suggested the table (which was one of a pair on offer) may have been one from Corner Green, Chelsea.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"British 1905-6 des. Voysey man. F.C.Nielsen","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Baillie Scott, M.H. On the characteristics of Mr C.F.A. Voysey's Architecture. The Studio. 1907-1908, vol XLii, pp.19-24"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Betjeman, John. Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, The Architect of Individualism. Architectural Review. 1931. Vol. LXX, pp.93-95."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Symonds, Joanna. Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects: C.F.A. Voysey.  London: RIBA / Gregg International, 19XX cat. 364"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Antiques Trade Gazette, 14 March 1981"},{"reference":{"text":"Livingstone, Karen & Parry, Linda (eds.), <i>International Arts and Crafts</i>, London : V&A Publications, 2005","id":"AUTH357959"},"details":"p.19","free":""}],"production":"Reason For Production: commission","productionType":{"text":"Limited edition","id":"THES48862"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nVoysey's table shows the Arts and Crafts style at its simplest yet most sophisticated level. It was made in London for a house he designed in Buckinghamshire and cost £3.15s (£3.75p). 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