Details
A mahogany sofa designed by Whytock & Reid with serpentine padded back, winged armrests, serpentine overstuffed seat, foliate carved shaped aprons and cabriole legs with pointed pad feet -- 96½in. (245cm.) wide.
Provenance
Dunrobin Castle, by repute
Messrs Whytock & Reid took their present form in 1870; the firm had a long association with the Scottish architect Robert Lorimer and collaborated at Earlshall, Marchmont, Abelour, Rowalan and other country houses, Lorimer undertook an extensive refurbishment at Dunrobin Castle in 1919
Compare a sofa designed by Lorimer illustrated in "Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers, 1980" Peter Savage, p69.
Provenance
Dunrobin Castle, by repute
Messrs Whytock & Reid took their present form in 1870; the firm had a long association with the Scottish architect Robert Lorimer and collaborated at Earlshall, Marchmont, Abelour, Rowalan and other country houses, Lorimer undertook an extensive refurbishment at Dunrobin Castle in 1919
Compare a sofa designed by Lorimer illustrated in "Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers, 1980" Peter Savage, p69.