A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

Glenormiston at Innerleithen, Peebleshire, originally known as 'Wormiston' or 'Ormiston', was a country seat of Charles Stewart, 7th Earl of Traquair (1746-1827), until it was sold to John Scott, a member of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet, a private society of Scottish solicitors. In 1805, it was acquired by William Hunter, who renamed the estate ‘Glenormiston’, and after his death, it was bought by William Steuart, who added pavilion wings to the mansion house and laid out the formal gardens. William Chambers, a publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh, purchased the estate in 1849 for £25,500 and created a new entrance to the property with its own lodge. The mansion was demolished in 1956, although a 19th century farmhouse, and other estate buildings are still extant.