ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1770 - 80

A virtually identical armchair from the collection of Dr. Lindsay Boynton is attributed to Gillows by Susan Stuart (Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, vol. I, 2008, p.182, pl. 148). The chair is comparable in vitually every respect with the present lot, including the fluted rails centred by a swagged tablet, the latter a feature of tables made by Gillows from the mid-1770s. The same crest rail is also illustrated (ibid vol. II, p. 361, pl. GG1).
Other closely related chairs were with Norman Adams in 1986 and 1989 (Norman Adams Ltd. current acquisitions, 1986, plate 17 and 1989, plate 12). A set of eight very similar mahogany armchairs sold 'The Property of the late R.J. Bacchus-Goldie-Taubman, Esq.', Christie's London, 5 April 1973, lot 77.