Live Auction 2866The Decorative Arts Sale
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
Lot 377

AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR

OF GEORGE III STYLE, BY WARING & GILLOW, CIRCA 1900

Closed22 June 2011

Price Realised

EUR 625

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AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
OF GEORGE III STYLE, BY WARING & GILLOW, CIRCA 1900
With circular back centred by a foliate boss radiating a leaf spray, with moulded arms, on square tapering legs, with Waring & Gillow label to the underside of the seat-rail

Specialist note

The medallioned chair-back relates to designs published in the mid 1780s by Hepplewhite in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 6. and to the 'New Catherine Wheel' model designed by Gillows circa 1785 (L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs, 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 269.)