A Whytock & Reid oak and burr oak quartered walnut occasional table designed by Sir Robert...

A Whytock & Reid oak and burr oak quartered walnut occasional table designed by Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929), the canted, square top with quartered walnut panels, on cruciform carved legs 84cm. square, 73cm high

Provenance

Sir James Norton, Cragiehall, Edinburgh and by family descent

Private Collection.

Literature

Jocelyn Morton Three Generations in a Family Textile Firm, pages 314-315.

Cragiehall was leased for the first time by James Morton in 1926 staying some 21 years in total. This table, which stood in the entrance hall, was an addition by Sir Robert Lorimer, who was commissioned to work on the house (1926-1927).