Lot 84
GEORGE I WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 20 April 2016 at 11:00 BST
Description
the broken arch moulded pediment above a pair of moulded shaped panel doors opening to an interior fitted with shelves, small drawers; the lower part with a slant front opening to pigeon holes, drawers and a baize line writing surface, over a long drawer, a pair of short drawers and two further long drawers, raised on bun feet
Dimensions
94cm wide, 223cm high, 54cm deep
Footnote
Provenance:
By family repute, ex. Glamis Castle
Previously belonged to the late Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer (1864-1929), prominent Scottish architect and furniture designer. Amongst his notable commissions were the renovations for Lennoxlove House as well as his designs for the Scottish baronial houses Rowallan, Ayrshire; Ardkinglas, Argyllshire; and Formakin, Renfrewshire. This piece was in Lormier's drawing room at Gibliston, his house near Kellie, in Fife.