OF GEORGE III STYLE, CIRCA 1904, BY MORISON & CO., EDINBURGH

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A SET OF EIGHT SCOTTISH MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Of George III style, circa 1904, by Morison & Co., Edinburgh
Each with an oval padded back and seat covered in close-nailed brown leather, the back with a husk channelled frame, with stop-fluted arm- supports, above an apron centred by flowers above husk trails, on turned tapering-fluted legs with turned feet, four chairs stamped 'MORISON & CO EDINBURGH', one inscribed in pencil 'A McLean Morison and Co' and 'A McLean November 1904 (8)

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Lot Essay

Morison & Co. were one of Edinburgh's leading cabinet-makers. The proprietor of Morison & Co. was William Robert Reid, who lived at Lauriston Castle, Cramond, just outside Edinburgh from 1902 to 1926. He left the castle and its collection in trust to the nation.

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