Contact Seller The Antique Furniture Company Tel01337 920027Please quote Antiques Atlas.
Non UK callers :
+44 1337 920027

George Walton Arts & Crafts dressing/side table

Share
Photos
George Walton Arts & Crafts dressing/side table Arts  Crafts  Glasgow School George Walton %%alt5%% %%alt6%%
GEORGE WALTON (1867-1933)
WALNUT DRESSING TABLE, CIRCA 1900
This is a rare walnut dressing table by the Glasgow designer George Walton. With it’s elegant simplicity and restraint of design it could also be used a side table or cabinet. It has a canted rectangular top with three quarter gallery above two central panelled doors. Each door has cut out handles backed with copper plates and the whole is raised on slender tapering legs. The ivorine maker's label to the rear dates the piece to 1898-1901 when Walton worked from his Wellington Street premises. The mirror is lacking from the centre, possibly to allow the piece to be used other than as a dressing table.

Width 107.5cm wide (42 1/4in)
Depth 45.5cm at centre (17 7/8in)
Height 103cm (40 1/2in)

Literature Moon, Karen, 'George Walton Designer and Architect', pub. oxford 1983. See plates 39 for example of similar handles. George Walton was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1867, the youngest of twelve children. The painter, Edward Arthur Walton, born in 1860, was his elder brother and the flower painter, Constance Walton, his sister. His father died in 1873 leaving the family in reduced circumstances and Walton had to leave school aged thirteen to become a clerk with the British Linen Bank, but while working there he also studied at Glasgow School of Art.

In 1888 Miss Catherine Cranston commissioned Walton to re-design the interiors of the tea rooms at 114 Argyle Street, Glasgow. Walton gave up banking and opened showrooms entitled George Walton & Co, Ecclesiastical and House Decorators, at 152 Wellington Street. The Walton firm quickly expanded into woodwork, furniture making and stained glass. In 1896 Walton received a further commission from Miss Cranston to decorate the Buchanan Street premises. His collaborator was Charles Rennie Mackintosh for whom Walton made some early pieces of furniture. In 1897 Walton moved to London and, as well as retaining his Glasgow showroom, opened a branch in York.

Ref 0093
Price
£1595.00  UK
$1992.47  USA
1865.03  EU
paypal acceptance mark
 The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 1/MAY/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer.
 elivery can be arranged, please contact us with a postcode for a price.
 
Dimensions107.5cm wide x 45.5cm deep at centre x 103cm high (42 1/4in x 17 7/8in x 40 1/2in) Date Arts & Crafts, circa 1900  Arts and Crafts Antiques Material Walnut Maker George Walton Item code as281a035 / 0093 Status For Sale

SellerThe Antique Furniture Company

View all stock from
The Antique Furniture Company


The Antique Furniture CompanyPrivate delaer
By appointment only
Cupar
Fife, Scotland

Tel : 01337 920027

Non UK callers : +44 1337 920027
 
Contact Seller

Enquire directly to The Antique Furniture Company about this item here.

George Walton Arts & Crafts dressing/side table
 
as281a035 / 0093
 


 
 






 

For information on how we deal with your data please see our Privacy policy.

You may also be interested in


 Antique Furniture
 Period
 Material
 Origin