Lot 129
THOMAS HADDEN (1871-1940)
WROUGHT IRON CHANDELIER, CIRCA 1920
Auction: 13 August 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
with eight lights, each supported on scrolling brackets with gilded acanthus leaf embellishments above a circular frieze of embossed flowerheads and entwined foliage with pendant of gilded birds and leafy brackets below
Dimensions
151cm high, 76cm diameter
Footnote
Literature: 'Thomas Hadden', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011
Note: Born in 1871, Thomas Hadden came from an ironworking family. He served an apprenticeship at Howgate, followed by a spell with James Milne & sons and work in London. Founding a business with his brother, a wood carver, in 1901, he developed a long term relationship with Robert Lorimer who was particularly interested in revitalizing Scottish vernacular traditions. The company re-awakened a wrought iron tradition which has formerly been prolific in Edinburgh during the Scottish Enlightenment.
Significant commissions included the wrought iron screens in the Chapel of the High Kirk of St Giles which were completed in 1911; the casket in the National War Memorial, Edinburgh completed in 1927 and a commission from Lord Carmichael for his house at Skirling in Peebleshire, inspired by the wrought ironwork at Traquair House.