ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1830

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV WALNUT ARMCHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1830
Each with rectangular padded back and seat cushions covered in burnt sienna buttoned velvet, the back, arms and legs bobbin-turned, with brass caps and castors stamped 'COPE COLLINSON PATENT STRONG', with batten carrying-holes
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The French-fashioned, squab-cushioned bergeres are bobbin-railed in the George IV 'Elizabethan' or 'Old English' manner, as popularised by Thomas King, author of Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified (1829) and Specimens of Furniture in the Elizabethan and Louis Quatorze Styles (1835). An 'easy chair' was amongst the 'bobbin' enriched furniture supplied by Gillows, and included in the 1840 inventory of Mere Hall, Cheshire.

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