A stained dressing table and wardrobe designed by M.H. Baillie-Scott, the dressing table with adjustable arched mirror mounted on rectangular supports with carved stylized floral decoration, above a pair of two short drawers, the rectangular dressing table top above two long drawers, on curved trestle ends and triangular bracket supports, remmants of green staining, the wardrobe with similar carved decoraiton and green staining

Details

A stained dressing table and wardrobe designed by M.H. Baillie-Scott, the dressing table with adjustable arched mirror mounted on rectangular supports with carved stylized floral decoration, above a pair of two short drawers, the rectangular dressing table top above two long drawers, on curved trestle ends and triangular bracket supports, remmants of green staining, the wardrobe with similar carved decoraiton and green staining
195.7cm. high; 103.7cm. wide; 42.5cm. deep (wardrobe)
157cm. high; 103.8cm. wide; 43.5cm. deep (dressing table) (2)

Provenance

Peter Chisholm (landscape artist) fl.1877; thence by decent

Lot Essay

These pieces were removed from the former family home of Peter Chisholm, principal of the Douglas School of Art and personal friend of Archibald Knox and H.M. Baillie-Scott, in Falcon Cliff Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man designed by Baillie-Scott 1897-98. The pieces form part of a bedroom suite specifically designed for the house

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