Lot 93
A George III style open armchair by Gillows in the manner of Linnell
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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A George III style open armchair by Gillows
in the manner of Linnell
The rectangular back with a lyre-shaped splat mounted with brass 'strings' headed by a leaf-carved cap, the leaf and bell flower carved scrolling open arms with conforming brass 'string' supports above a bowed green damask upholstered seat, on panel-moulded tapered square legs with collared feet and brass castors, stamped 'GILLOW & CO. 17894'.
The rectangular back with a lyre-shaped splat mounted with brass 'strings' headed by a leaf-carved cap, the leaf and bell flower carved scrolling open arms with conforming brass 'string' supports above a bowed green damask upholstered seat, on panel-moulded tapered square legs with collared feet and brass castors, stamped 'GILLOW & CO. 17894'.
Footnotes
The stamped Gillows serial number to the back leg indicates a date of manufacture of 1885-1889, see S.Stuart, 'Gillow Marks, Labels and Stamps 1770-1960',Regional Furniture 1998, p.66.
The above lot relates to an armchair if the collection of the V&A Museum (45-1869) and illustrated in M.Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, p.142, fig Q/14, London 1972 and illustrated in P.Maquoid and R.Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, Vol.1, p.292, fig 212. Four George III chairs of this model which were thought to have been supplied to Robert Child Esq. for his house at 38 Berkeley Square, London were offered Sotheby's London, Treasures, 3 July 2013, lots 31 and 32. Robert Child and his brother Francis both patronised the firm of William and John Linnell, Francis using them extensively at Osterley Park which was subsequently inherited by Robert in 1763. The design of these chairs relates most closely to a Linnell drawing in the V&A Museum, London (E.80 1929) which is reproduced in H.Hayward and P.Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London 1980, Vol.II, p.38, fig.62.