Walnut inlaid writing-table (1910 - 1911)

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This painting by Edwin Foley, titled "Walnut Inlaid Writing-Table," meticulously captures the elaborate design and beautiful craftsmanship of a piece of furniture from the early 20th century. Created between 1910 and 1911, this artwork showcases a splendid walnut writing table richly inlaid with ornate patterns and a matching chair.The writing table, a focal point of the composition, features an array of drawers and cabinets adorned with floral and foliate marquetry. The precision and attention to detail in the inlay work are astonishing, with each pattern contributing to the overall aesthetic harmony of the piece. The table’s structure is robust, with elegantly carved legs and a slightly slanted desk top, ideal for writing. Beside the desk, a stately chair with a curvaceous silhouette complements the table, continuing the theme of intricate inlaid woodwork.The backdrop, displaying a subtle hint of a room setting with decorative wallpaper and partially visible draperies through a window, emphasizes the domestic elegance that furniture pieces like this brought to private homes of the era.

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Author and illustrator of The Book of Decorative Furniture, published in 2 volumes by T. C. & E. C. Jack in 1910-11, which featured one hundred reproductions in full colour and one thousand text illustrations. The book went through a number of editions.

Almost nothing has been published about Foley other than that he was a Fellow of the institute of designers.

He was born Edwin John Foley in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, c.1859, the second child and eldest son of furniture manufacturer Arthur Foley of the Fisherton Cabinet Works, Salisbury, and his wife Jane. He was at least partly educated in London,  where he lived with his uncle and aunt, Peter and Rhoda Marie Brown.

He worked as a designer for his father from at least the early 1880s, but by 1891 was living in Charlotte Street, Marylebone, with his wife Louisa Maud (nee Hayford), whom he married in 1882. They had three children, Conrad Hayford (b. 1885), Hubert Edwin (b. 1887) and Alan Victor (b. 1888).

Edwin John Foley lived at 294 Camden Road, Middlesex, and died at Cottesloe, Western Australia, on 25 April 1912.

Many more pictures by Edwin Foley can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.