Lot 710
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A GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
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A GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR

POSSIBLY GILLOWS OF LANCASTER AND LONDON, CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
POSSIBLY GILLOWS OF LANCASTER AND LONDON, CIRCA 1770
With fluted and foliate carved back and seat upholstered in yellow silk, on cabriole legs, stamped WS, with label inscribed D.R. 53.1940
Provenance
With Frank Partridge, London, 1936.
Estate of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Estate of Martha Baird Rockefeller, acquired 1971.
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Lot Essay

This armchair is possibly the work of Gillows of Lancaster and London based on the distinctive outward scrolling arms, found on a giltwood chair, with straight legs of circa 1775-85, illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p. 182, plate 148. A comparable suite of seat-furniture, similarly bearing the 'WS' stamp found on the present chair, was offered Christie's, New York, 18 October 2005, lots 556-558. Interestingly, a number of craftsmen with the initials 'WS' are recorded as workmen engaged by Gillows between 1730 and 1850 (ibid., pp. 211-302).

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