Live Auction 7857Christie's Interiors
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 185 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN AND A LADY FROM A TOWNHOUSE IN NORWICH (LOTS 185-200)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1795

Closed7 August 2012

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GBP 687

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1795
Carved with guilloche and reeding, the splat with a small patera, upholstered in cream silk damask (2)

Specialist note

The same model is illustrated in Moss Harris and Sons 1868-1968, London, 1968, p.63. A set of twelve sold Sotheby's, London, 22 November 2006, lot 201 (£55,000 ex premium). The design is a variation on the little-known 'Goloss Back' [i.e. guilloche back] pattern illustrated by Gillows in 1796 and 1797 (Estimate Sketch Book folios 1290 and 1383).