Morison & Co.

Morison & Co., Edinburgh. A pair of late Victorian ebonised and brass mounted hall chairs in Regency style, each back with a central rondel and turned finials, the undersides stamped 'Morison & Co., Edinburgh'. (2)

Morison & Co., were established in c1808 in Ayr, Scotland by Mathew Morison. By 1862 the business was based in Edinburgh and under the leadership of William Robert Reid it became one of the leading cabinet makers in Scotland. Examples of Morison & Co furniture can be seen at Lauriston Castle.