E. A. Taylor, Wylie & Lochhead. Exhibition Quality Glasgow School Oak Sideboard

E. A. Taylor Made by Wylie & Lochhead

A rare exhibition-quality Glasgow School oak sideboard with stylised hand-painted floral panels. The central pointed detail, typical of E. A. Taylor's work, is above two upper cupboards with a central plate rack and a full-width plate rack below. A pair of drawers to the lower section have been cleverly designed to be part of the angular front, with a row of drawers below flanked by a pair of large cupboards. Silver-plated handles with split heart cut-outs.

To find hand-painted items designed by E. A. Taylor and made by Wylie & Lochhead is extremely rare. On close inspection of the last black-and-white image from the period Wylie and Lochhead catalogue, you can actually see the paintings are identical. I have never seen another one of these sideboards, which would suggest that this may well be the very one.