A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY ROSEWOOD-GRAINED AND PARCEL-GILT CANED DINING CHAIRS BY JOHN GEE CIRCA 1810

all chairs stamped JG, six stamped WG, six stamped IL. Losses, repairs.

Christie's, London, July 9, 1992, lot 91

C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700  - 1840

The London chair-maker and turner John Gee variously stamped his work JG or GEE.  Gee is first recorded in 1779 when he entered into partnership with Benjamin Crompton, Turner in Ordinary to George III. In 1787 Gee was appointed turner to the King, and although he retired from active business around 1824, he retained his royal warrant for a further seven years. In addition to his work for the Crown, Gee undertook commissions for such distinguished aristocratic patrons as the Earl of Wilton, for whom he supplied a set of chairs for the celebrated circular Music room at Heaton Hall, Lancashire, in 1790.