SIR ROBERT LORIMER (1864-1929)
ARTS & CRAFTS TABLE, CIRCA 1920
£2,268
Auction: Lots 337 to 642 | 17th October at 10am
Description
oak and burr walnut, made by Whytock & Reid, Edinburgh
Dimensions
84cm square, 71cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Sir James Norton, Cragiehall, Edinburgh and by family descent
Private Collection.
Literature: Morton J. Three Generations in a Family Textile Firm, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1971, pp. 314-315.
Note: Cragiehall was leased for the first time by James Morton in 1926 who stayed there for 21 years. This table, which stood in the entrance hall, was an addition by Sir Robert Lorimer, who was commissioned to work on the house from 1926-1927.