An Exhibition of furniture designed by George Walton & the Glasgow Boys
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GW Ex 1 - An extremely rare & important Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak settle designed by George Walton one of 2 ever made for one his earliest Kodak commissions at 59, Brompton Rd, London. The pure Glasgow design is very complicated indeed & one can see Mackintosh's influence clearly in this piece which would have rubbed off on him while working with Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's tearooms. George Eastman was not happy that Walton had been brought in to design the top Kodak showrooms but Walton had conquered Davidson & Davidson never had any trouble squeezing the money out of Eastman to employ Walton's expertise & by the end of 1898 they had renamed his work for the showrooms to 'Kodak-oration, the decorative work of George Walton' & that time the name George Walton & the Eastman company were fused as one. 1900 was the peak of Walton's work for Kodak & the Brompton Rd commission was probably the best he achieved for Kodak alongside The Strand & Brussels showrooms. See George Walton. Designer & Architect by Karen Moon. Page 81 & 82. Circa 1900. Height 55", Width 60 1/4", Depth 16 1/4". £POA.
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GW Ex 2 - A rare Arts & Crafts Walnut high back 'Philippines chair' designed by George Walton. The back is 49" high a very elegant & such a refined chair & very good quality indeed. In the Philippine drawing room interior it is mentioned that here he is clear indications of the future & one can certainly see it in the maturity of design in this very elegant high back chair from Brasted in Kent a commission he worked on from 1902. £POA.
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GW Ex 3 - An Important Arts & Crafts oak fold over writing desk designed by George Walton for one of George Davidson's home's either Beechcroft (built C1898 - C1901) or 'Wern Fawr' Harlech. Wales. (built from C1906 - C1911). One can just see the desk to the left hand side of an interior picture (image attached) from Wern Fawr in C1910 after the new extension had been built see George Walton Designer & Architect by Karen Moon page 140 she also states that :- 'The furniture, probably brought from Beechcroft'. Also on page 140.
The desk with hand formed copper heart shaped escution plate to the top opening to reveal original Clutha glass inkwell next to open pen tray with space below & leather writing area with storage below that, flanked by paper trays to each wing once opened, exposed dovetailing to the corners, on tapering legs united by 3 shaped stretchers. Circa 1895. Height 31", Width 26", Width Open 48", Depth 14 1/2". £POA.
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GW Ex 4 - An Important Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak bedside cabinet designed by George Walton also from George Davidson's home 'Wern Fawr' Harlech. Wales. The enclosed top with subtle shaped sides similar to the wardrobe detail (GW Ex 2 two above) & tapering leg detail that goes from square to octagonal, the door opening to reveal storage with copper ring pull handle. Superb quality typical with Walton's work. Circa 1908. Height 32", Width 19", Depth 15 1/2". £POA.
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GW Ex 5 - A rare Glasgow School oak & leather 'Abingdon' armchair designed by George Walton. Here again this design is very complicated & quite radical, with large flat arms which protrude out incorporating the back legs & upright supports quite far back giving the chair a light & airy feel, the gentle tapering legs with 1/2 splayed feet gives this unique design a wonderful balanced almost feminine feel yet the continuation below the seat of the back supports giving it a subtle architectural feel & again an infusion of his own style with Mackintosh's obsession with this type of chair-back detailing. See George Walton. Designer & Architect by Karen Moon. Page 105 image attached. Circa 1900.
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GW Ex 6 - A pair of pure Arts & Crafts oak chairs designed by George Walton with arched rush head rests flanked by bold chequer inlays, drop in rush seats with curved details below on turned legs with H shape floor stretchers. Circa 1895. £SOLD.
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GW Ex 7 - A wonderful pair of Arts & Crafts oak chairs attributed to George Walton with arched head rests flanked by bold chequer inlays, 3 central slats & turned detail just above leather seats on ring turned legs united by H stretcher & on trumpet feet. These chairs have many similarities to the above chairs known to be designed by Walton & also resemble chairs he designed for the John Rowntree cafe & those which were used at Elmbank in the drawing room. Circa 1895. £POA.
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GW Ex 8 - An Arts & Crafts oak chair attributed to EA Taylor with squashed heart cut-outs, A frame back continuing to back floor stretcher & square front legs with moulded details to the outer edge. Professionally re-upholstered in a quality hide. Circa 1895. £POA.
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GW Ex 10 - An important Glasgow School oak sidetable designed by George Walton. Here again this design is very complicated & is a direct descendent from the larger sidetables he designed for the Billiard room at the Buchanan Street tearooms, each leg is mitred together giving them a triangular shape which could have been made much easier from one piece of wood but as always Walton's experiments with furniture design always incorporated craftsman's skills & quality of the highest degree, the stretchers with a subtle sweep to the top & bottom allow the upper pointed arc to come together perfectly & have an exposed biscuit joint at each point. See George Walton. Designer & Architect by Karen Moon. Page 54. Circa 1900. £POA.
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GW Ex 11 - An Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak wardrobe & matching dressing table designed by George Walton with an early type of silvery Limed finish which still allows the beauty of the oak to shine through. The wardrobe with flaring cornice, full length arch top mirrored door flanked by bow fronted glass windows & tapering architectural columns to each front corner, a pair of drawers to the base & wonderful restrained use of chequered inlays. The dressing table with conforming arched & shaped mirrors which all adjust, a pair of twin drawers to each side with cupboard holes below & conforming inlays below the outer mirrors all with elongated brass drop handles a particular Walton detail. Circa 1900. Wardrobe Height 75", Width of cornice 66", Depth of cornice 25", Dressing table Height 65 1/2", Width 48", Depth 12". £POA.
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GW Ex 13 - An excellent quality Oak Arts & Crafts Love Seat Designed by George Walton & made by William Birch . Circa 1890. £SOLD.
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GW Ex 14 - An Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak sideboard attributed to George Walton with flaring cornice & stylised Glasgow Rose details linked by wavy stems, plate & display rack below with full width drawer the front with typical Walton internal squashed heart handles, twin doors with further stylied floral details growing from their own seeds with wavy landscape back ground, the lower side with stylised seed cut-outs. The seed detail is something which Mackintosh used first in particular on the front doors of the Glasgow School of Art meaning that when a student arrived he or she was but a seed & when they finished their training they would have grown & matured from that seed. Circa 1900. Height 64", Width 60", Depth 23". £SOLD.
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GW Ex 15 - Arts & Crafts oak side table in the Glasgow Style attributed to George Walton with diamond inlay to the top, a half shelf below with stylised floral cut-out to each end & 3 spindle supports uniting a further full shelf below that with splayed legs & conforming diamond inlays. Circa 1900. Height 28" Length 20" depth 16". £895.
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GW Ex - An Important Arts & Crafts Glasgow School oak double wardrobe designed by George Walton for one of George Davidson's home 'Wern Fawr' Harlech. Wales. built from C1906 - C1911. The wardrobe designed with no cornice but an open storage area to the top, the twin panelled doors with serpentine shaped tops & fantastic stained glass panels with stylised floral details inset with striking use of semi-circular Copper panels with little glass bullions & wonderful hand formed copper escution plates a particular Walton detail. Circa 1900. Height ", Width ", Depth ". Circa 1908. Incidentally George Davidson had become manager for Kodak in March 1900 which is how his wealth had accumulated to build such a magnificent home also Davidson grew up in Lowestoft where I opened my first antique shop not 10 miles from Southwold. The last black & white image is from 'George Walton Designer & Architect by Karen Moon page 105. £SOLD.
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