Lot 420
ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ROBERT LORIMER
SET OF THIRTEEN ARTS & CRAFTS OAK DINING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1900
Auction: 3 April 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
each with tapered backs with pierced vase-shaped splats and drop-in seats raised on square tapered legs linked by stretchers (13)
Dimensions
48cm wide, 94cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Sir Robert Lorimer
John Henry Lorimer RSA
Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
Kellie Castle., Fife (until recently on loan)
Note: These thirteen oak chairs were part of the bequest made to the Society by the well-known Scottish painter, John Henry Lorimer (1856-1936). Lorimer was a keen amateur astronomer and served as a Vice President of the Society. Following his death on November 4th 1936, he bequeathed the majority of his estate to the Society including these chairs. The Society had them displayed at their premises on Calton Hill until 2008 after which they were displayed at Kellie Castle, Fife, the family home of Robert and Henry Lorimer