NINE CHAIRS LATE GEORGE III, BY GILLOWS, ONE SIDE CHAIR OF LATER DATE

細節

A SET OF TEN POLYCHROME-DECORATED DINING-CHAIRS
Nine chairs late George III, by Gillows, one side chair of later date
Comprising eight side chairs and two open armchairs, each with caned scrolled tablet toprail above turned stiles joined by a bar, the armchairs with downswept arms, above a caned seat and tangerine silk-covered squab cushion, on turned tapering legs, the feet on one chair tipped, several inscribed in pencil 'D Clonbrock', redecorated (10)

來源

Supplied to Luke, 2nd Baron Clonbrock (d.1826) for Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, by Gillows and invoiced in June 1801 as:
'8 Neat Japanned Chairs - £11.12.0'
and '2 arm' Chairs to suit - £3.16.0'

By descent at Clonbrock to
Mr and Mrs Dillon-Mahon, Clonbrock, sold Christie's house sale, 1 November 1976, lot 252, when they were described as
'A set of nine late George III ebonised dining-chairs by Gillows of Lancaster, including a pair of armchairs, with curved caned top-rails and bar-splats, the caned seats on turned tapering legs -- (one chair with cut-down legs)'
Bought from Glaisher & Nash at the Grosvenor House Antique Dealers' Fair in the late 1970s.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

The 'Clonbrock' parlour chairs were commissioned by Luke Dillon, 2nd Baron Clonbrock for the 'Breakfast Room' of Clonbrock, Co. Galway. They were originally japanned black in the Grecian manner, and comprised a 'Neat Japanned' suite of eight chairs and two armchairs invoiced in June 1801 by Messrs. G & R. Gillow and Co. of London (their invoice was noted in the introduction to Christie's Clonbrock house sale of 1st November, 1976). These elegant Grecian-scrolled chairs evolved from the type of French patterned chair, with baluster-supported arms, illustrated in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide published in 1788 and in a revised edition in 1794. It was noted in the Guide the 'pleasing and striking effect' created by light-framed japanned chairs, whose caned seats were fitted with cushions cased in linen or cotton.

The prototype for the 'Clonbrock' chair may have derived from Gillows' pattern devised for Sir John Shaw Stewart of Ardgowan, Renfrewshire and illustrated in the firm's 1801 Estimate Sketch Book following the visit of Gillow's apprentice Henry Whiteside (d. 1834) to Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire in 1800 (S. Bourne et al, Gillow Chairs and Fashion, Blackburn, 1991, p. 22; and information kindly supplied by Lady Shaw Stewart).