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拍品專文
The Grecian-scrolled pattern back with X-frame derives from a French tabouret pattern executed by Charles Percier, and a chair in the London manion/museum of the connoisseur Thomas Hope (d.1831), which he illustrated in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1807 (pl.11).
A set of twenty-four open armchairs of this pattern were supplied by Gillows to Elizabeth Brooke (d.1809) in June 1803, for Mere Hall, Cheshire,and were later sold from there, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 106 (£210,500). Dining chairs in the Small Dining-Room at Oulton Park, Cheshire share the same pattern back (illustrated in situ in C. Latham, In English Homes, London, 1908, vol.III, p.315).
The pencilled name that appears inside the seatframe of each chair can be found on other Gillows furniture of this period. Although unidentified, this is the name of the craftsman responsible for the making of these pieces.
A set of twenty-four open armchairs of this pattern were supplied by Gillows to Elizabeth Brooke (d.1809) in June 1803, for Mere Hall, Cheshire,and were later sold from there, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 106 (£210,500). Dining chairs in the Small Dining-Room at Oulton Park, Cheshire share the same pattern back (illustrated in situ in C. Latham, In English Homes, London, 1908, vol.III, p.315).
The pencilled name that appears inside the seatframe of each chair can be found on other Gillows furniture of this period. Although unidentified, this is the name of the craftsman responsible for the making of these pieces.