ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1810

The Grecian dressing-stool with crossed trusses terminating in embossed volutes, derives from a pattern such as Thomas Hope illustrated in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. 12, fig. 3. It relates to a 'Grecian' stool provided in 1812 to Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton Park, Cheshire (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, p. 22). A manuscript design for this model of stool is in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Book, 1827 (no. 3568) as 'A Mahogany Grecian Dressing Stool' costing £1 15s. Further stools of this model were supplied to William, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850) for Hackwood Park, Hamsphire, in mid-1813 and one of these was sold in Christie's House sale at Hackwood, 20-22 April 1998, lot 365.