CIRCA 1785, POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1785, POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS
Re-upholstered in striped silk, the frames carved with acanthus, beading, paterae, stiff leaves and fluting, one chair with feet slightly reduced in height

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Lot Essay

These finely drawn and crisply carved chairs relate to examples shown in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, vol. I, London, 2008, pp. 154, 158 and 181. Fluted or 'cabled' (almost reeded) legs headed by stiff leaves and paterae were heavily favoured by the firm in the 1780s.

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