This attractive antique oak partners desk was made
by the Glasgow firm of *Wylie and Lochhead, a famous Scots furniture
maker.Each pedestal has a 'Wylie and Lochhead' stamp with the number
10043.
The desk has ben made from high quality and expensive quarter cut
solid oak with very attractive figuring throughout and a pleasing
honey coloured patina.
The top has a replacement black writing leather with gilt and blind
tooling. This is surrounded by a 3 inch band of oak with a thumb moulded
edge and rounded corners. Each of the working sides is fitted with
three ash lined drawers with brass locks and turned wooden knob pulls.
The central drawer of the all drawer side is fitted with a writing
/ reading slope which is exposed when the drawer is opened. This can
easily be removed if the standard drawer is preferred.The pedestals
have rounded corners and are each fitted with three drawers to the
front and a cupboard with shelf and paneled door to the reverse.
The pedestals stand on plinth bases with the original concealed castors
making it very easy to move once assembled.
Dimensions:
Width:60 inches - 153 cm
Depth:42 inches - 107 cm
Height to top:30.5 inches - 77 cm
Height to knee hole: 25 inches - 63 cm
Date: circa 1880
Price: £5,250
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Our Reference: SN426
*Robert Wylie and William Lochhead formed their successful cabinet
making firm in 1829. By the 1880’s they employed over 1,700
people with workshops, showrooms and warehouses throughout Glasgow.
By the turn of the century they had become a household name throughout
Scotland for furnishing, artistic design and high quality craftsmanship.
They also had branches in London and Manchester and numerous agents
and buyers across Europe and the Empire.This strong position allowed
the firm in 1900 to move quickly to supply the emerging demand created
by the designs of George Walton, the Glasgow Four (Charles Rennie
Mackintosh, Herbert MacNair, Margaret and Frances MacDonald) and the
success of Miss Cranston’s famous tea rooms. Indeed the sheer
size of the firm with its huge marketing and manufacturing skills
allowed it to make the ‘Glasgow Style’ truly popular and
available to a large market.They spared no expense to secure the best
talent in the art market and, with the close association they had
developed with the city colleges (there was a W&L prize for furniture
design), they remained closely in touch with the stylistic developments
that were taking place.
Wylie & Lochhead’s three key designers in this period were
E A Taylor, who became their chief designer, John Ednie and George
Logan. Indeed, the work of these three was of such quality that, at
the Turin International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in 1902,
it was displayed alongside The Glasgow Four and other leading designers
of the Glasgow Style.
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If you are interested in this antique partners desk please contact
us or email us
at burrellsdesks@yahoo.co.uk quoting Ref: SN426
We are happy to send more photos and more details including shipping
costs when you send your delivery address to us.
