Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

The Principal Contents of Corby Castle, Cumbria

A pair of George III ebonised and painted sofas by Gillows, circa 1792

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

November 19, 05:30 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

both with a squab cushion and later upholstered, the ebonised frame with painted decoration to the front, the square legs on brass paw feet

90cm high, 189cm wide, 85cm deep;

1ft. 11 ⅜ in., 6ft 2 ½ in., 2ft. 9 ½ in.

Sotheby’s are pleased to note that the original bill addressed to Henry Howard for the present lot has been traced in the Gillows archive. These sofas can be dated to 1792.

Commissioned by Henry Howard (1757-1842);

thence by descent, until sold;

Phillips, The Principal Contents of Corby Castle, Cumbria, 18 May 1994, lot 331.

G. Nares, 'Corby Castle, Cumberland—II', Country Life, 14 January 1954, p.93, fig.4 (illustrated in the Entrance Hall on the East front). See Country Life image archive, FCH000091393 (available at: https://www.futurecontenthub.com/asset/100790/).

Gillows Waste Book, Westminster Archives, 344/15, p.852 "2 large sofas… 15.15"