About the Artwork
The form of this corner cabinet reflects the simplicity and elegance of Chinese design, a source of inspiration, together with Japanese art, to many artists in the Aesthetic Movement. Depicted in the Pre-Raphaelite style in the central panel is Lucretia, a Roman matron whose suicide after being violated by the son of the king of Rome caused an uprising that resulted in Rome becoming a republic. Lucretia's virtues are inscribed in the halos of the two figures on side panels: CASTITAS (chastity) and FORTITUDO (courage).
Corner Cabinet
1873
Charles Fairfax Murray (Artist) English, 1849-1919 Edward William Godwin (Artist) English, 1833-1886 Collinson and Lock (Manufacturer)
Rosewood, painted panels, brass
Overall: 74 7/8 × 31 1/8 × 25 1/8 inches (190.2 × 79.1 × 63.8 cm) Overall (cabinet): 39 1/4 × 31 1/8 × 25 1/8 inches (99.7 × 79.1 × 63.8 cm) Overall (base): 35 5/8 × 31 1/8 × 22 inches (90.5 × 79.1 × 55.9 cm)
Furniture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund and the Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund
1985.1
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Markings
Signed, on central panel of Lucretia, for: CFM [for Charles Fairfax Murray]
Inscribed, ob central panel of Lucretia: Lucretia Nimbus Inscribed, on left door: CASTITAS Inscribed, on right door, on Halo: FORTITUDO
Stamp, inside third drawer: COLLINSON & LOCK Stamp, inside top drawer: EDWARDS & ROBERTS
Provenance
Lord Glenconnor (Colin Tennant)
Haslam and Whiteway Ltd., London, England)
1985-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Furniture Gazette, September 7, 1878, p. 158.
The Furniture Gazette, March 1, 1879.
The British Architect, July 12, 1878.
Masterpieces of the Centennial Exhibition, vol. II. Philadelphia, 1876, p. 168.
Bulletin of the DIA: Annual Report 62, no. 2 (1985): p. 32 (fig. 23).
Aslin, E. E.W. Godwin: Furniture and Interior Decoration. London, 1986, p. 17, no. 42, (figs. 18, 42).
In Pursuit of Beauty: American and the Aesthetic Movement. Exh. cat., Metropolitain Museum of Art. New York, 1986, pp 150-151( fig. 5.9).
Barnet, P. "From the Middle Ages to the Victorians." Apollo 124, no. 298 (December 1986): p. 505.
Kinchin, J. "Collinson and Lock, manufacturers of artistic furniture." Connoisseur 201, no. 807 (May 1979): p. 51 (fig. 8).
Cooper, Jeremy. Victorian and Edwardian Décor: From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau. New York, 1987, p. 141 (ill.), fig. 330.
Darr, A.P. "European sculpture and decorative arts acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts 1978-87." The Burlington Magazine 130 (June 1988): p. 500 (fig. 115).
Weber Soros, Susan. The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin. New Haven, 1999, p. 208 (ill.), no. 332.
1900 British Masters. Exh. cat., Oscar Graf Decorative Arts at TEFAF, New York, 2017. Paris, 2017, pp. 6, 10 (ill.).
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Edward William Godwin; Charles Fairfax Murray; Collinson and Lock, Corner Cabinet, 1873, rosewood, painted panels, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts General Fund and the Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund, 1985.1.
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