Furniture in Focus - the decorated surface

The objects are:

• A walnut folding screen designed by George Logan and it has applied decoration of silver, mother of pearl, turquoise, red amethyst, white stone, leather, vellum and glass.  The screen was made by cabinetmakers Wylie and Lochhead, Glasgow, 1902. (The screen is pictured above.)

• A screen designed and embroidered by Eliza Kerr, about 1910 - a wooden folding screen with panels of linen and silk needlework.

• A chair by Carlo Bugatti, Italy, about 1895.  It is constructed from wood and animal skin and decorated with copper, copper alloy, bone, wood stain, shellac, dye and silk.