ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD STOOL
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With drop-in seat re-covered in crimson cotton
15.1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high; 45.3/4 in. (116.5 cm.) wide; 20.1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep

Special notice

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Lot Essay

With its highly distinctive bolster sides, this stool is clearly a variant on a rare Gillows model first shown in the firm's Estimate Sketch Books on 8 December 1848 (E.S.B. folio 5555) but probably in production rather earlier. The dimensions given in the Gillows sketch exactly match the present stool's, confirming Gillows as its maker.

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