Live Auction 8608Christie's Interiors
A REGENCY MAHOGANY SOFA
Lot 272

A REGENCY MAHOGANY SOFA

CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

Closed9 April 2013

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GBP 3,125

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY SOFA
CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
Finely carved overall with shells, foliage and reeding, and recently re-upholstered in striped linen
86 in. (218 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The shell carving is almost identical to the celebrated Gillows hall chairs at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Cumbria, illustrated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. I, p. 203.