ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1785

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1785
Each with pierced oval back with pierced anthemion, above a padded serpentine seat covered in velvet, flanked by foliate-carved and scrolling arms, the fluted apron on ring-turned tapering fluted legs, brass caps and castors, re-decorated, minor restorations, with batten carrying holes, cramp locations and later blocks
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep

Provenance

Sir Geoffrey Codrington, K.C.V.O, D.S.O., Roche Court, Salisbury, Wiltshire (The Drawing Room).
sold Humberts, King and Chasemore house sale, 23 October 1978, lot 1284 (a set of five).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1998, lot 82.

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Lot Essay

For more information on this lot please see the catalogue note for lot 135.

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