Lot 431
George Walton (1867-1933)
An oak sideboard, circa 1900
Auction: 17 April 2002 at 12:00 BST
Description
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 abd ech 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
Footnote
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 AgiusBritish Furniture 1880-1915Suffolk 1978, page 102 illus no. 124.