GEORGE HENRY WALTON (1867-1933) FOR ELMBANK, YORK WARDROBE, CIRCA 1920 satin birch, stained and leaded glass, with silvered metal fittings, bears ivorine label verso GEORGE WALTON & CO. / 150 AND 152 WELLINGTON STREET GLASGOW, lined interior (142cm wide, 195cm high, 56cm deep) Literature: Moon, K. George Walton: Designer and Architect, White Cockade 1993, pages 64-70 Agius P. British Furniture 1880-1905, ACC 1978, page 102, pl. 105 Note: This wardrobe demonstrates all of the characteristics of the furniture produced for Elm Bank, York by Walton & Co. in 1898 for Sydney Leetham. The furniture is inlaid with bold geometric chevron banding, a type of decoration that had been revived and popularised by George Jack at Morris & Co., however, the use of this technique at Elm Bank was altogether bolder and more expansive. This bedroom suite also demonstrates stained glass detailing derived from plant forms, with metal and wood also inset, relating to techniques being produced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at the same time.