Lot 34
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with a fluted and foliate-carved frame and oval padded back and arms above a serpentine seat, the rails stop-fluted and with rosette blocks, on tapering turned and fluted legs
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Lot Essay

The cabriole chairs correspond to patterns executed by Gillows in the 1780s. Several related examples are illustrated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 – 1840, Woodbridge, 2008, e.g. pp.181 – 2, pl. 148.

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