AN IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

This 'klismos' chair corresponds to models supplied by the Dublin firm of George and Samuel Gillington, who are recorded at various addresses and in various partnerships from 1815 to 1838 (D. Fitzgerald, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels', Furniture History, 1985, p. 266 and C. Gilbert and G. Beard, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, p. 341). The makers often labeled their models with four digit numbers, either with a stamp or label. A stamped set of fourteen chairs of the same basic pattern was supplied to Euseby Cleaver, Archbishop of Dublin, 1809-20 and offered Christie's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 40.