Lot 466
GEORGE WALTON (1867-1933)
THREE-FOLD FIRESCREEN, CIRCA 1900
Auction: Day Two inc FL Griggs : A Cotswold Legacy | Lots 334 to 654 | Thursday 16th October from 10am
Description
oak, brass, with stained opalescent and leaded glass
Dimensions
central fold 57.4cm wide, 96cm high, side folds each 28.5cm wide, 91.5cm high, brass feet 22.5cm deep
Provenance
Designed and made for H. & D. Barclay, 245 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Private Collection
Footnote
Exhibited: On loan to Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, 20th century design gallery
Literature: V&A Archive of Design: George Walton papers (AAD/2004/7 ), where a line drawing for this firescreen titled ‘The Barclay Fire-Screen’ (AAD/2004/7/94) is held.
Moon, K. George Walton: Designer and Architect, White Cockade 1993, p. 113, pl. 148 where a panel demonstrating Waltons technique of incorporating glass and metal is illustrated.
Hugh Barclay (1829–1892) and David Barclay (1846–1917) were Scottish architects who practiced from the 1870s into the early 20th century under the name H. & D. Barclay. While they specialised mainly in educational, municipal, and ecclesiastical buildings, they also contributed to Miss Cranston’s Tea Rooms on Argyle Street in 1897, with interiors and decorations designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and George Walton.
