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Gillows: Pair of Regency Mahogany and Caned BergeresInventory Number: : 100-107 Price: SOLD Height: 37 1/2 inches For more information please contact us TELEPHONE. 917 414 1827 EMAIL. [email protected] www.michaelpashbyantiques.com © Michael Pashby Antiques.
DESCRIPTIONOf generous size the caned rectangular back and seat with suede loose cushions on baluster-turned arm supports and fluted tapering legs terminating in lacquered brass caps and casters. One seat rail stamped IB. Known as Ashburnham chairs after a Gillows 1803 design for the Earls of Ashburnham a closely related pair was sold Christies London July 2002 Lot 153 ($127,566). The craftsman IB is known to have worked for Gillows on a commission supplying giltwood settees to the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam's seat at Wentworth Woodhouse. Provenance:Christopher Howe, London 2001; Estate of William Reilly, New York. English c.1820
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