A SET OF ELEVEN SOLID ROSEWOOD DINING-CHAIRS

BY GILLOWS OF LANCASTER AND SUPPLIED IN 1813

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A SET OF ELEVEN SOLID ROSEWOOD DINING-CHAIRS
By Gillows of Lancaster and supplied in 1813
Each with curved tablet engraved with a scroll and centred by a period roundel above a bar splat with two stylised shells, with caned seat and on channelled sabre legs, various maker's stamps (11)

Provenance

Supplied to William, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850) for Hackwood.
By descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954).
Thence by descent.

Literature

Gillows Memorandum, May 1813, Two Libraries: '12 small chairs to correspond, seats caned, no cushions'. These were intended to correspond with the large Gillow library chairs, lot 55.
The 1905 Hampton and Sons inventory, the Breakfast Room: '12 carved rosewood cane seat chairs with scroll shaped backs'.

Sale room notice

This lot is a set of twelve chairs not eleven as printed.

Lot Essay

This Grecian-scrolled chair pattern derives from Gillows 'Edwards' library chair pattern invented for the Rev. H. Holland Edwards of Pennant, North Wales, and illustrated in the Estimate Sketch Book, no. 344 144, p. 56. Invoiced at 2½ guineas each they were described as '12 neat mahogany mahogany chairs broad scrole top rails & carved patteras betwixt, cane seats'. This set has husk-capped ties rather than paterae in the backs (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pls. 9B and 9A).

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