Lot 325
GEORGE WALTON (1867-1933)
ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1897
Auction: 5 November 2008 at 11:00 GMT
£2,125
Description
mahogany, the square back with heart-pierced splat above later upholstered leather seat and turned and tapered legs
Footnote
Literature: Karen Moon 'George Walton: Designer and Architect', Oxford 1993, page 67, plate 79
Note; An example of this rare armchair can be seen in a contemporary photograph of the drawing room at Elm Bank, York which Walton & Co were asked to furnish circa 1897. In the same room can be seen the celebrated Eros panel now on display at the Hunterian Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.