Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Property from the Curwen collections at Workington Hall, Ewanrigg Hall and Belle Isle, Cumbria
A set of fourteen George III carved mahogany dining chairs by Gillows, 1784
Auction Closed
November 9, 01:23 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Curwen collections at Workington Hall, Ewanrigg Hall and Belle Isle, Cumbria
A set of fourteen George III carved mahogany dining chairs by Gillows, 1784
comprising two armchairs and twelve side chairs, the shaped backrest with neoclassical baluster-form splats and fluted shoe, the armchairs with acanthus carved armrests on downswept fluted supports, each on square tapering fluted legs with H-stretchers and chamfered back legs, seats with later ivory silk damask upholstery
Thence by descent.
Inventory of the contents of Belle Isle, Windermere, made by Messrs J R Mitchell and Sons, auctioneers & valuers of Cockermouth, March 1930, the '2 Arm and 12 Ordinary Chairs in mahogany inlaid with plush seats' listed in the Entrance Hall, p. 3 (Cumbria Archives, DCU/1/218);
E. W. Hodge, ‘Belle Isle – II, Westmorland’, Country Life, 10 August 1940, p. 122, fig. 6.
RELATED LITERATURE
Lindsay Boyton, Gillow Furniture Design, 1760-1800, Bloomfield Press, 1995, p. 176 (monochrome illustration 276);
Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, 2008, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, Vol. I, pp. 177-179, Pls. 140-143.