Lot Essay
Designed in the George IV 'Old English' style, this circular-seated armchair derives from a George II chair at Boyton House , Wiltshire (see P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, vol. I, p. 27, fig. 142) but have 'Chippendale' acanthus-cartouches substituted for scallop-shells on the legs. Yewtree versions were manufactured by Messrs. Gillow in 1827 for sale by Ferguson & Co., London (see Gillow Archives, Westminster Library, E.S. 3603). A similar pair of chairs made in yewwood and stamped by Gillow, London was sold Christie's New York, 22 April, 1989, lot 69. Another identical to this lot was sold from the Jerome C. Neuhoff collection, Sotheby's New York, 25 January 1986, lot 195.