Armchair
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A central stylized flower tops the inlay design on the back panel. The four outlined petals include abalone details, as drops where each of them meets, and a central star shaped-stamen. Four copper heart shapes with the points facing out surround the central star. An inlaid stem runs vertically down the central panel ending in a clean near-triangular mound, mimicking a base. Alternating inlay of four abalone hearts (two flanking each side) and two smaller copper hearts (one flaking each side) repeat down the length of the stem.
Exhibition History
Glasgow International Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland, Kelvingrove Park, May 2–November 4, 1901, no cat.
British Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Iparmüvészeti Múzeum, Budaest, Hungary, 1902, no cat.
Designed for the Rosetti Library, Wylie and Lochhead Pavilion, Glasgow International Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland, 1901;
Mr. Marshall (d. 1958), South Shields, County Durham, UK, by 1958;
By descent to his daughter, Elsie Marshall (d. 2003), UK and Durban, South Africa, 1958-2003;
By descent to her son, Henry Maxwell (d. 2013), 2003-2013;
By descent to his daughter and son-in-law, Louise and Stephen Creates, Tournbridge Wells, Kent, UK, 2013-2018;
With Oscar Graf, Paris, 2018;
Purchased from Oscar Graf by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
“Glasgow International Exhibition. Part II,” The Studio International, vol. XXIII, no. 101 (1901):165-167.
“A Glasgow Designer: The Furniture of Mr. George Logan,” The Studio International, vol. XXX, no. 129 (1904): 200-204, 202, (repro.).
Gerald and Celia Larner, The Glasgow Style, (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Co., 1979), 42.
Juliet Kinchin, “The Wylie & Lochhead Style,” The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850- the Present, no. 9 (1985): 4-16, 8. (repro.).
