Liberty and Co Attributed. An Arts Crafts Scottish School Oak Side Chair

William Birch. Liberty and Co retailer. A classic Arts and Crafts rush seat oak dining chair with a wide curved headrest and attractive wild grain. Ring turned legs with ring turned ...

Shapland and Petter attributed, in the manner of M H Baillie Scott. A Glasgow School Arts and Crafts oak hall chair with stylized floral carving to the back.

A superb Glasgow School Arts And Crafts oak armchair. After a design by George Walton for Liberty & Co. Circa 1895. The chair is almost identical to the George Walton design, but has a variant shaped top to the back. Literature: Daryl Bennett, 'Liberty Furniture 1875-1915'.4 Art Furniture, Page 131, plate 4.91. Sketch illustration of George Walton design. Please see photographs. The seating retains the original webbing and filling and has been padded and re-covered with brown leather and copperised studs. The studs are set how they were originally on the chair. Please refer to the last photograph showing the frame before re-upholstery. They have been slightly aged. The oak has the original patina, which has been waxed. There are some marks around the frame with an indentation to note to the top of one arm. The edges to the legs are knocked with use. The chair has a flattened curved arm with an elongated tapering back. The Abingwood design was considered some of the most distinctive of Walton's designs, strongly influenced by C R Mackintosh...

Arts & Crafts mastery abounds in these classic English oak armchairs by Shapland & Petter, out of England. The peg joinery and hand carved oak is a masterclass in traditional woodwor...