Lot Essay
The design for this cabriole armchair relates to a drawing by the London and Lancaster firm of Gillows and is illustrated in L. Boynton, ed., Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, pl 267.
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ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1785
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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
Attributed to Gillows, Circa 1785
The shield back carved with bellflowers and covered in green and yellow striped silk, with downscrolled arms above a serpentine guilloche-carved seat-rail on paterae-headed and bellflower-carved square tapering legs ending in foliate-carved feet, probably regilt
Attributed to Gillows, Circa 1785
The shield back carved with bellflowers and covered in green and yellow striped silk, with downscrolled arms above a serpentine guilloche-carved seat-rail on paterae-headed and bellflower-carved square tapering legs ending in foliate-carved feet, probably regilt