Live Auction 534120th Century Decorative Arts
GEORGE WALTON
Lot 308

GEORGE WALTON

AN OAK AND RUSH-SEATED 'ABINGWOOD' ELBOW CHAIR, CIRCA 1896

Closed29 October 2008

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GBP 3,250

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GEORGE WALTON
AN OAK AND RUSH-SEATED 'ABINGWOOD' ELBOW CHAIR, CIRCA 1896
the broad foreshortened cantilevered arms fixed with a 'peg' joint to the uprights, with rush seat, on square and tapering supports united by stretchers
34in. (86.3cm.) high, 26in. (66cm.) wide

Purchased from the Fine Art Society, 1985.

Specialist note

The 'Abingwood' chair was used at both John Rowntree's café in Scarborough, and in the Billiards Room at Miss Cranston's Buchanan Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow.