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Lot Essay
This pattern of chair with columnar supports and scrolled tablet derives from French chairs of the end of the 18th Century. The type was certainly produced by Gillows of Lancaster whose pattern book illustrates a very similar example, see I. Hall, 'The Gillows Furniture Designs-II', Country Life, 15 June 1978, fig. 8.
A set of white-painted and parcel-gilt chairs with the same distinctive drapery-and-lozenge backs are illustrated in M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture, The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London, 1953, p. 63, pl. 16.
When included in the Mallet advertisment of 9 April 1959, the set comprised seven armchairs. The present pair was sold with a sofa as the consecutive lot of the late Sir Michael Sobell's sale in 1994.
A paint analysis undertaken by Catherine Hassall of University College London showed that the decoration visible today is original, though with extensive restorations.
A set of white-painted and parcel-gilt chairs with the same distinctive drapery-and-lozenge backs are illustrated in M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture, The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London, 1953, p. 63, pl. 16.
When included in the Mallet advertisment of 9 April 1959, the set comprised seven armchairs. The present pair was sold with a sofa as the consecutive lot of the late Sir Michael Sobell's sale in 1994.
A paint analysis undertaken by Catherine Hassall of University College London showed that the decoration visible today is original, though with extensive restorations.