A set of twelve George III mahogany dining chairs including a pair of armchairs, in the manner of Gillows
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A set of twelve George III mahogany dining chairs including a pair of armchairs, in the manner of Gillows
The shield shaped backs with reeded stick splats converging on paterae-carved quadrants, the serpentine leather upholstered seats on moulded tapered square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, restorations. (12)
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The present chairs are based on a design by Hepplewhite illustrated in the first edition of The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 9. They also closely relate to a Gillows 'Estimate Sketchbook' drawing for a 'five-splat chair with camel back stay rail', supplied to Mrs Chadwick in December 1785 (see Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, 2008, p. 165, p. pl. 123).

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