ERNEST ARCHIBALD TAYLOR (1874-1951) FOR WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, GLASGOW
OAK SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1900
£6,500
Auction: 19 August 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
the superstructure with central carved panel depicting roses and foliage flanked by sliding doors in three sections with corresponding carving, the rectangular top above three drawers and four panelled doors below, each centred with stained and leaded glass panels depicting stylised roses, the whole raised on square legs
Dimensions
183cm wide, 135cm high, 53cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Larner, Gerald and Celia, 'The Glasgow Style', Edinburgh 1979, p54, fig. 39.
Note: This sideboard is similar in form to a sideboard designed by Taylor for William Douglas Weir (later Lord Weir) in Glasgow around 1901, following the success of his room for Wylie & Lochhead at the Glasgow International Exhibition the same year.