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Lot Essay
The paper collection label suggests that this chair comes from one of the most distinguished early 20th century English furniture collections formed by the renowned collector, Claude D. Rotch, Esq., who, like his contemporary Percival Griffiths, was influenced by the connoisseur R. W. Symonds. Roch's bequest of early to mid-Georgian furniture to Victoria and Albert Museum upon his death in 1962 and described at the time as 'The most remarkable single gift of English Furniture ever presented to the Museum'.
Designed in the 'Old English' style, this library chair derive from a George II chair at Boyton House, Wiltshire (see P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, vol.I, p.237, fig.91). This pattern chair was revived in the early part of the nineteenth century by Messrs. Gillow of Lancaster and London and is listed in the Estimate Sketch Book of 1827 (see Gillow Archives, Westminster Library, E.S. 3603). A chair of this design, stamped 'GILLOWS.LANCASTER' was sold Christie's, New York, 23 October 2002, lot 163 ($13,145 including buyer's premium).
Designed in the 'Old English' style, this library chair derive from a George II chair at Boyton House, Wiltshire (see P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, vol.I, p.237, fig.91). This pattern chair was revived in the early part of the nineteenth century by Messrs. Gillow of Lancaster and London and is listed in the Estimate Sketch Book of 1827 (see Gillow Archives, Westminster Library, E.S. 3603). A chair of this design, stamped 'GILLOWS.LANCASTER' was sold Christie's, New York, 23 October 2002, lot 163 ($13,145 including buyer's premium).