POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS

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A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III SATINWOOD CANED WINDOW SEATS
Possibly by Gillows
Inlaid with amaranth lines, each with scrolled ends above a bowed seat, on square tapering legs with spade feet, headed by oval foliate patera, one with discoloured varnish and green squab cushion, the other stamped 'P', one with inner strengthener to back seat-rail, the other with metal plates, minor variations particularly in the caning
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 78 in. (198 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837) for Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.

Literature

1896 Inventory (2nd Marquess' Heirlooms), Chapel Corridor, f III r '1 6 ft 6 settee (Adams design) with cane seat and ends on square shaped legs'.

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Lot Essay

Gillows of London and Lancaster supplied a closely related 'Sofa without back' to the 9th Duke of Hamilton, in October 1799. Of exactly the same width, it was upholstered with two bolsters and a squab seat and its sketch appears in their Estimate Sketch Books (Westminster City Archives).

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