AN ARTS & CRAFTS SCOTTISH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY TWO-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE

AN ARTS & CRAFTS SCOTTISH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY TWO-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE

BY GRAHAM & MORTON, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

in the Art Nouveau style, comprising: a dressing table inlaid with scrolling leaves and flowers and with a bevelled mirror and fitted with two drawers with copper handles, together with a single wardrobe with a bevelled mirror door enclosing hanging space, a cupboard decorated with a peacock and two short and one long drawer, each with a trade label inscribed 'Graham & Morton, Stirling' and with a metal registration label numbered 'RD 241158, Raleigh' (2)

165.5cm high, 107cm wide, 48.7cm deep (dressing table), 196cm high, 124cm wide, 47cm deep (the wardrobe)

Provenance

The contents of The Grange, Wendover.

Catalogue Note

Graham & Morton are listed in the Dictionary of British and Irish Furniture Makers, 1500-1914 as working in Stirling (fl. 1897-1906). It is noted that the firm was listed in the Cook & Wylie’s Stirling directory from 1897-1906 in King Street and Dumbarton Road as makers of ‘High Class and Artistic Goods at Moderate Prices, in Drawing Room, Dining Room, Bedroom, Occasional and Library Furniture. Special Designs. Own Manufacture’.