Lot 324
GEORGE WALTON (1867-1933)
OCCASIONAL TABLE, CIRCA 1897
Auction: 5 November 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
inlaid satin birch, to match the previous lot, the rectangular top with copper frame and glazed panel, above a sliding shelf and raised on a square section tapering legs linked by a lower tier
Dimensions
56cm wide x 82.5cm high x 41cm deep
Footnote
Note: This cabinet demonstrates characteristics of furniture produced for Elm Bank, York in 1897-8 by Walton & Co. when they were asked to furnish the house which had been designed by father and son architects W.G. and A. J. Penty. The brass-backed cut out handles are a regular feature of Walton furniture however it is thought that the bold inlaid banding owes its influence to the work of George Washington Jack who was designing inlaid furniture for Morris & Co around the same time.
Literature; Pauline Agius 'British Furniture 1880-1905', Suffolk 1978, page 102, plate 125
Karen Moon 'George Walton: Designer and Architect', Oxford 1993, pages 64-70