Table

Designed by Gordon Russell
(1892-1980)

Japanese Oak
281/2 in (72.4 cm) x 46 1/2 in (118.1 cm) x 32 1/4 in (81.9 cm)
English (Broadway), 4 April 1930

MARKED: Fully labelled under the top.

PROVENANCE: [ ... ]; H. Blairman & Sons, 2003; American private collection

Russell’s design no. 513 (the number on the label under the top of the present table) is recorded in the original Design Register as ‘garden Table in elm, teak and painted deal. All joints put together with lead 4’ 11” x 2’ 4” high’ (Gordon Russell Museum, Broadway). The Museum also retains Russell’s original design, dated 22 July 1926 and a contemporary photograph inscribed ‘Garden table Design No 513’.

It is clear that the present table, made four years later, was a specially commissioned version to be used indoors.