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George Walton for John Rowntree's cafe. An Arts and Crafts walnut armchair

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George Walton for John Rowntree's cafe & Miss Cranston tearooms.An Arts and Crafts walnut armchair. George Walton first designed this armchair which had a cane seat and back, around 1896, the year he began designing the interiors of fashionable tea rooms for the John Rowntree cafe in Scarborough and Miss Cranston Buchanan Street tea rooms in Glasgow. Walton also used this design for Kodak's European branches, working for George Davison who joined the Eastman Company in 1897 for which he designed the shop fronts, interiors and furniture. By 1908, Davison was able to commission George Walton to design him a house, the White House on the banks of the Thames at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, where he used this design of chair again in the dining room. Professionally reupholstered in a period Arts and Crafts fabric. There is an example in the V&A and also in the Kirkland museum in Denver, Colorado. USA. Seat Height: 45 cm; Arm Height: 70 cm We have an other one available to make a pair, available on 1stDibs Search for LU2243337231562 in the search bar or type George Walton Kate Cranston
  • Creator:
    George Walton (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 44.1 in (112 cm)Width: 23.23 in (59 cm)Depth: 20.67 in (52.5 cm)Seat Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)
  • Style:
    Arts and Crafts (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1896
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PV0042871stDibs: LU2243339688682

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