A SET OF TEN GEORGE II STYLE WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT DINING-CHAIRS

BY GILL AND REIGATE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A SET OF TEN GEORGE II STYLE WALNUT AND BURR WALNUT DINING-CHAIRS
By Gill and Reigate, early 20th century
Comprising two armchairs and eight side chairs, each with a tassel-carved back above a solid splat and scrolled stiles, the outscrolled arms terminating in eagles' heads, over a gros and petit-point needlework drop-in seat, on shell and bellflower-carved cabriole legs ending in pad feet, stamped GILL & REIGATE LONDON (10)

Literature

S. Masten, 'Dealer's Choice: A Showcase for Museum Pieces in North Carolina', Southern Accents, December 1984, p.71 (shown in situ in the Dining Room).

Lot Essay

Gill & Reigate were dealers and manufacturers who advertised antique and reproduction pieces of Georgian and Regency design. A chair after a Hepplewhite design made by this firm dating to the 1920s is illustrated in F. Collard, Regency Furniture, London, 1985, p.263.

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