Lot 452
A late 19th century Scottish Arts and Crafts oak chest
Auction: 29 September 2001 at 12:00 BST
£1,840
Description
designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, NOTE THERE IS NO SLATE INSERT
made by Wheeler's of Arncroach, the rectangular moulded top above a panel inlaid with a hunting scene above two short and one long drawer with raised panels and turned handles, on stile feet, modern slate insert
107cm wide, 81cm high, 45cm deep
Footnote
Provenance:
By descent from Sir David and Janet Chalmers.
Note: There was an oak writing desk made by Wheeler and included by Lorimer in the 1896 Arts and Crafts Exhibition which had a pink marble slab on top. It may be that this piece was intended to be finished in this manner.