Lot 230
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A WALNUT TRAVELLING BOX
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A WALNUT TRAVELLING BOX

19TH CENTURY WITH A LATER INSCRIPTION

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A WALNUT TRAVELLING BOX
19TH CENTURY WITH A LATER INSCRIPTION
The sliding cover inscribed ASSOCIATE CONGREGATION AT GREENLAW 1786 and with silver plaque inscribed W. SKEOCH CUMMING
15¾in. (40cm.)
Sold with a collection of Tartans swatches and a book Memoir of W.Skeoch Cumming and Reminiscences by Robert Paton, privately printed 1933 30/100.
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Lot Essay

W. Skeoch Cumming, whose name is inscribed on the box and who provides the subject of the book, was an artist and designer of tapestry. Born 1864 and died 1929 he had a passion for everything Celtic and collected old tartan fragments. He designed tapestry for Lord Bute and revived the art of tapestry making at Scotland at a site called the Dovecot at Corstorphine.

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