Lot 420
WHYTOCK & REID WALNUT WRITING DESK
CIRCA 1930
Auction: 9 December 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the rectangular top with matched burr veneers enclosed by shaped three-quarter gallery raised above an ogee frieze with two drawers, on cabriole legs with lappet-carved capitals, terminating in pointed pad feet
Dimensions
135cm wide, 78cm high, 65cm deep
Footnote
Provenance; Midfield House, Lasswade, Midlothian
Note: Midfield House was built originally in the 18th Century but rebuilt following a devastating fire in 1912. Home to coal-baron James A. Hood, who lost his daughter Margaret in the fire. The reconstruction was carried out between 1914 and 1918 by Sir Robert Lorimer, retaining the original Georgian style, while improving the south-facing side and adding internal grandeur. Lorimer gave the southern aspect house an Italianate flavour, with a water feature and a distinctive loggia, similar to that constructed by him at Ardkinglas.