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A RARE AND STYLISH LATE 19TH CENTURY OAK DINING TABLE WITH THE CIRCULAR MOULDED TOP ON SIX LEGS CONNECTED BY A CIRCULAR STRETCHER ON BUN FEET, ATTRIBUTED TO SIR ROBERT LORIMER
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Scottish, 19th Century
Dimensions: 78 ¾”(200cm) Diameter
28 ¼”(72cm) High
Provenance: 20th Earl of Moray
This fine table is attributed to the Scottish architect and furniture maker, Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929). He took his articles with the architect Hew Wardrop, and remained after Wardrop’s death with his partner Rowand Anderson. He set up his own office in Edinburgh in 1893, and by 1900 had established himself as a leading Scottish architect. He exhibited his furniture in the London ‘Arts & Crafts Exhibition’ in 1893 and in 1896 when he was elected to the Art Workers Gild. He greatly admired the work of William Morris, and designed furniture for houses that was of the popular ‘Gothic’ style, some based on English, Dutch and French 18th century prototypes, others in more of the ageless Arts and Crafts manner. Many of his
pieces were made by Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh, and some were
illustrated by W.Shaw Sparrow’s ‘Hints on House Furnishing (1909)’. As well as furniture lorimer also designed stained glass, plasterwork, ironwork
and embroidery, such as the bedspreads for Kellie Castle shown at the 1899 Arts & Crafts Exhibition. Lorimer was an activist in the ‘Design and Industries Association’ where he was probably introduced by his friend William Scott Morton.
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