GEORGE HENRY WALTON (1867–1933) FOR MISS CRANSTON'S BUCHANAN STREET TEAROOMS, GLASGOW
RARE OCCASIONAL TABLE, CIRCA 1896
£4,536
Auction: Day Two | Lots 253 to 490 | Thursday 17th April from 10am
Description
dark stained beech, with polychrome painted decoration
Dimensions
91cm wide, 74cm high, 64cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Moon K. George Walton, White Cockade 1993, p.53, pl. 62 where a period photograph shows similar tables in situ.
Note: This table was made for Miss Cranston's new tearoom in Buchanan Street in Glasgow in 1896. Contemporary photographs show this table was situated in the Dining Room where all the furniture and wall treatments were by George Walton whereas the lighting was by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This table would have been set for two people and covered with a white tablecloth whilst in use. Walton also designed a tall side chair, a low side chair and an armchair for these rooms, each dark stained with hand-painted floral sprigs following the colour scheme of the walls which were designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The curved form of the furniture continues the 'Glasgow Style' Art Nouveau aesthetic, whilst the Regency inspiration which the design subverts is still evident.