A SCOTTISH OAK FRAMED DESK CHAIR BY FRANCIS SMITH, GLASGOW
CIRCA 1890
£1,375
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
the leather-upholstered back and arms above curved spindle-filled back and moulded solid seat raised above cabriole legs linked by stretchers, bears maker's label FRANCIS SMITH/ CABINET MAKER/ 78 GORDON STREET/ GLASGOW, stamped mark to leg WB/ 1058
Dimensions
56cm wide, 85cm high, 44cm deep
Footnote
Note: Other examples of Francis Smith's furniture can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Most notably, the Glasgow cabinetmaker executed many designs for Charles Rennie Mackintosh, for example the ladder-back chairs for Miss Cranston at the Willow Tearooms.