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The table was very popular and subsequently different versions were made by various manufacturers. In 1876 a table like this cost £7.75, while a walnut version cost £7.35. Brass feet cost an extra £1.50.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) was an architect and designer. He was particularly interested in Japanese art and culture. When he began designing furniture for his own home in London in 1867, he used ideas taken from Japanese sources. He designed a circular table with eight turned legs for himself in about 1870. In 1877, Godwin collaborated with a London manufacturer, William Watt, over a catalogue, 'Art Furniture', which included the design for this table.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>Ebonised furniture like this table was very fashionable during the 1870s and 1880s in Britain because of the influence of Japanese designs. Circular tables were also popular because they could be used in the centre of a room with flowers, ornaments or books on them.","physicalDescription":"Circular ebonised wood table, eight legs with turned decoration and spokes to a central pillar. 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At this time, he was also designing furniture for the firm of Collinson and Lock and refers in the preface of the catalogue to the copies which had been made of this design first made for Godwin by Watt.","date":{"text":"1993","earliest":"1993-01-01","latest":"1993-12-31"}},{"text":"British Galleries:\r\nThe designer of this table, E.W. Godwin, was one of the most versatile artistic figures of the Aesthetic Movement. He designed buildings, interiors and a variety of objects using a wide range of sources including Japanese decoration, from which most of his furniture designs derived. 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