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George Walton (1867-1933) An oak sideboard, circa 1900, the three quarter sectional ledge back centr

Currency:GBP Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 GBP
George Walton (1867-1933) An oak sideboard, circa 1900, the three quarter sectional ledge back centr
George Walton (1867-1933) An oak sideboard, circa 1900, the three quarter sectional ledge back centred with an oval panel of stained and leaded glass centred by a brass heart, the canted top with two hinged panels each enclosing a void above a central frieze drawer flanked by two cupboards and each with cut out handles with brass concave backplates, the whole raised on square section tapering legs, possibly adapted from a dressing table, bears ivorine label 'George Walton & Co Ltd', Designers, Manufacturers and Decorators 150 & 152 Wellington Street, Glasgow' 135cm wide, 99cm high, 58cm deep Note: The label attached to the rear of this sideboard dates it to circa 1900. The design demonstrates the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as the simplicity and restraint characteristic of Waltons work. The addition of applied decoration in stained glass and metal are also characteristic of his work from 1890. Ref: Karen Moon, George Walton Designer and Architect, Oxford 1993. Pauline Agius British Furniture 1880-1915, Suffolk 1978, page 102 illus no. 124. £2,000-3,000 432= A Glasgow School oak display cabinet, in the manner of E. A. Taylor for Wylie and Lochhead, Glasgow, the overhanging cornice above a central glazed door enclosing shelves, flanked by open shelves and doors, inlaid with marquetry panels of stylised rose trees, the whole raised on square section tapering legs with block feet 122cm wide, 151.5cm high, 43cm deep £2,500-3,000
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