IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY GILT-METAL MOUNTED EBONISED X-FRAME STOOL
In the manner of Gillows, early 19th century
The caned seat on shaped legs with scrolled terminals on ball feet, joined by a turned baluster stretcher
16¼in. (41cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) wide; 16in. (40cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This 'Grecian' stool form derives from Thomas Hope's, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807 (pl. XII). It corresponds to a pattern later featured in the Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (no. 3568, dated 1827), but the design was one that they had been been manufacturing since at least 1812 (N. Goodison & J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, p. 22).

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