E. A. TAYLOR (1874-1951) FOR WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, GLASGOW

E. A. TAYLOR (1874-1951) FOR WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, GLASGOW
RARE OAK BUREAU CHEST, CIRCA 1900
oak, stained, mirrored and leaded glass, with silvered metal fittings and leather writing surface
72cm wide, 134cm high, 50cm deep
Note: Initially apprenticed in the Glasgow shipbuilding industry, E.A. Taylor trained as an artist at the Glasgow School of Art, where he met Jessie M. King around 1898. He worked for Wylie & Lochhead from around this time where his furniture designs brought him great acclaim with exhibitions at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition and, with his fiancée Jessie King a series of stained glass panels for the Turin International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in 1902. This rare cabinet by Taylor combines his skills as a furniture maker and stained glass designer.