Property from the Collection of Amy and Elliot Lawrence
Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Fall-Front Secretaire
Lot Closed
March 15, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Amy and Elliot Lawrence
Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott
Fall-Front Secretaire
circa 1900
produced by Allen & Appleyard, Liverpool, England
with hinge straps designed by C.F.A. Voysey
mahogany, ebony, brass, pewter
with the producer's metal tag impressed Allen & Appleyard/Artistic Furnishers/RENSHAW STREET & BOLD STREET/LIVERPOOL
45 1/4 x 36 x 9 in. (114.9 x 91.4 x 22.9 cm) closed
The Fine Art Society, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005
Dekorative Kunst, vol I., March 1898, p. 259 (for a period photograph of a related hinge strap design by Voysey)