Lot 111
111
A SET OF EIGHTEEN GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with a semi-balloon back carved with stylised foliage, the top-rails and crossbar with tablet panels, the padded seats upholstered in green leather on turned and reeded tapering legs (18)

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A SET OF EIGHTEEN GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with a semi-balloon back carved with stylised foliage, the top-rails and crossbar with tablet panels, the padded seats upholstered in green leather on turned and reeded tapering legs (18)
Provenance
The Lord Brownlow, Belton House, Lincolnshire, Christie's house sale, 30 April-2 May 1984, lot 55

Christopher Cowlin, Esq., Lyegrove, Badminton, Avon, Christie's house sale, 26 September 1988. lot 113

Lot Essay

A nearly identical chair is illustrated in a Gillows design for the dining-room of Linton for Earl Cornwallis, dated 1825. (Gillow Archive, E102 1952)

It is probable that a proportion of the furniture from Belton attributed to Gillows came from the Brownlows' London house in Carlton House Terrace sold in the 1920's

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