Live Auction 10648Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Lot 34

A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed2 June 2015

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GBP 2,750

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with a fluted and foliate-carved frame and oval padded back and arms above a serpentine seat, the rails stop-fluted and with rosette blocks, on tapering turned and fluted legs

Specialist note

The cabriole chairs correspond to patterns executed by Gillows in the 1780s. Several related examples are illustrated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 – 1840, Woodbridge, 2008, e.g. pp.181 – 2, pl. 148.