ERNEST ARCHIBALD TAYLOR (1874-1951) FOR WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, GLASGOW
ART NOUVEAU MAHOGANY INLAID DRAWING ROOM CABINET, CIRCA 1900
£3,200
Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860
Auction: 11 April 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
the projecting cornice with square column supports and cut-out brackets, above two glazed doors enclosing shelves, the base with twin panelled doors, each inlaid in pewter, brass, copper and mother-of-pearl with stylised rosettes, with slatted sided supports linked by stretchers and a lower tier
Dimensions
88cm wide, 177cm high, 47cm deep
Footnote
Literature: 'The Studio' magazine, Vol. 23, No. 101, July 1901, p. 166 where a bookcase of similar form by Wylie & Lochhead, exhibited at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition, is illustrated.
Note: The inlaid stylized flower motif on the facade of this cabinet is identical to that which featured on a suite of chairs designed by E.A.Taylor for the Wylie & Lochhead Pavilion at the International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901 and similar to the inlay in the cabinet illustrated in the Studio magazine in July of the same year.