A very good set of Scottish mid-Victorian period dining chairs by Wylie & Lochhead of Glasgow. Of fine construction in solid mahogany with well upholstered seats. With balloon backs and turned front legs. Each chair bearing the makers stamp to the underside. They are of generous proportions, strong and sturdy. Offered for sale in very good original condition, with a good colour and patina, ready to go straight into the home.
Dimensions:
Width 48cms
Depth 44cms
Overall height 101cms
Seat height 48cms
Wylie & Lochhead was a prestigious Glasgow firm, founded 1829 by Robert Wylie & William Lochhead, known for cabinetmaking, furnishing, and funeral services, becoming Scotland's largest cabinetmaker by the 1890s, pioneering Scottish design (like Art Nouveau), holding a Royal Warrant, and eventually becoming part of House of Fraser in 1957, with its archives preserved by the University of Glasgow and the House of Fraser Archive.
measurements
Height:
101 cm
Width:
48 cm
Depth:
44 cm
measurements
declaration
Camden Antiques has clarified that the Set of 8 Victorian Mahogany Chairs by Wylie & Lochhead (LA555480) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1865