ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ROSEWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with curved back and downswept arms, with a caned back and seat and green-leather squab cushion, on ring-turned tapering reeded legs headed by medallions, on tapering feet (2)

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Lot Essay

This chair form, with 'curricle' back elegantly scrolled from the front rails, reflects the French antique or Grecian fashion that was popular around 1800. Related chairs, also with robust reeded legs but lacking paterae, are illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, 1965, rev. ed., fig. 95, p.54. A pair similar to the latter, also attributed to Gillows, was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 20 September 2001, lot 110.

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