Thomas Moore
Head of Department
Lot 46TP,Y
A George IV solid rosewood and parcel gilt suite of seat furniture attributed to Gillows comprising eight side chairs, a pair of armchairs and a sofa
27 November 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £30,000
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A George IV solid rosewood and parcel gilt suite of seat furniture attributed to Gillows
comprising eight side chairs, a pair of armchairs and a sofa
Circa 1825, the sofa with scrolled acanthus and stiff-leaf clasped shaped frames carved with C- and S- scrolls, the seat frame interspersed by alternating lappet and foliate sprays, on C-scroll legs terminating in lobed bun feet with recessed brass castors, each side chair and armchair with a shaped toprail centred by a rosette carved tablet, with scrolled acanthus and lotus-leaf clasped frames, on foliate wrapped baluster turned and linenfold carved tapering front legs headed by paterae angles, with stiff-leaf clasped C-scroll rear legs, terminating in lobed feet and recessed brass castors, the sofa possibly associated; each armchair: 61cm wide; each side chair: 53cm wide; the sofa: 244cm wide. (9)
Circa 1825, the sofa with scrolled acanthus and stiff-leaf clasped shaped frames carved with C- and S- scrolls, the seat frame interspersed by alternating lappet and foliate sprays, on C-scroll legs terminating in lobed bun feet with recessed brass castors, each side chair and armchair with a shaped toprail centred by a rosette carved tablet, with scrolled acanthus and lotus-leaf clasped frames, on foliate wrapped baluster turned and linenfold carved tapering front legs headed by paterae angles, with stiff-leaf clasped C-scroll rear legs, terminating in lobed feet and recessed brass castors, the sofa possibly associated; each armchair: 61cm wide; each side chair: 53cm wide; the sofa: 244cm wide. (9)
Footnotes
A pair of identical model side chairs to those in the offered lot sold Christie's, London, 9 June 2011, 500 Years Decorative Arts Europe, lot 258. These are closely comparable to the seat furniture supplied by the Gillow firm in 1824 for Glynliffon in Caernarvonshire, Wales, on behalf of Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough. It is evident that a pair of solid rosewood bergeres together with conforming sofas were likewise presented by Gillow & Co. of Oxford Street to match the aforementioned group.
However the early Neo-Rococo design of the present chairs relates to the Glynliffon models, of which it is thought that twenty-four in total were originally provided, as well as to a set of chairs made for William, 2nd Baron Bolton of Hackwood Park, Hampshire, also during the 1820s. While a plan for a drawing room or saloon of Neo-Rococo furniture designed for G. Bamford, which was produced by Gillow & Co. in the period 1820-30, includes a similar sofa to the offered example. The latter is illustrated in S.E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Vol. I, 2008, Suffolk, p. 224, pl. 213 & Vol. II, p. 349, pl.E5.
Further related chairs sold: Christie's, London, 9 March 2000, lot 104; Christie's, London, 10 March 2005, lot 20; Christie's, London, 27 November 2007, lot 189; Bonhams, 10 February 2016, lot 648.
