ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD AND MAHOGANY STOOL
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The padded scrolled arms and seat covered in brass nailed brown suede on acanthus and rosette-carved splayed legs with hairy paw feet, originally with castors, previously sprung
28½ in (73 cm.) high; 46 in (117 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (45 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The Apollonian seat, with lyre-scrolled pillars raised on Grecian-scrolled and palm-flowered feet terminating in poetic griffin lion paws, evolved from a pattern invented around 1800 for the mansion museum of the connoisseur Thomas Hope (see T. Hope, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl.22).

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