Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 18th January 2023
Lot 303
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000
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Description
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
each with a carved scallop shell back, with an eagles head crest, above a solid seat and moulded front sabre legs (2)
Provenance
Purchased from Banks & Silvers, Worcestershire, 13th September 1989, lot 357 for £2,300.
The Property of a Private Collector.
Literature
For a similar chair see Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, vol.1, p.203, pl. 177.