Y GEORGE WASHINGTON JACK (1855-1931) FOR MORRIS & CO. ARTS & CRAFTS INLAID MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD,rosewood, fruitwood and ebony inlay, the carved and pierced back with intricately inlaid panels, on carved column uprights, above three frieze drawers and an open shelf flanked by two cupboard doors, opening to reveal a single shelf, the whole raised on a plinth base (228cm wide, 154.5cm high, 78cm deep) Footnote: Literature: The Cabinet Maker and Art Furnisher 1 July 1887, p. 281 Whiteway M., Gere, C. Nineteenth Century Design, 1993, p. 249, where another example without the inlaid back is illustrated Parry. L. William Morris, Tieste, 1996, p.163, fig.78 Note: The Cabinet Maker and Art Furnisher of 1887 shows a 'Rough Memory' sketch of a sideboard of this design exhibited at the 1887 Manchester Jubilee Exhibition, and notes that the lines of the Manchester sideboard may be studied, for they are 'fresh'. The sketch is very closely related to the current cabinet and may illustrate the same piece. Manchester was an important part of the Morris & Company empire, as the firm exhibited at the Manchester Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1882, and opened a shop there in 1883. Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/