A Pair of Late Regency Mahogany Klismos Library Chairs, possibly by Gillingtons of Dublin, circa 1815

Sotheby's New York, 18 October 2006, lot 291

Sotheby's New York, 17 October 2015, lot 682

This pair of chairs is of almost identical form to a set of fourteen supplied by the firm of Gillingtons of Dublin to Euseby Cleaver, Archbishop of Dublin from 1809 -1820. An identical pair of chairs attributed to Gillingtons was sold Sotheby's London, 28 April 2016, lot 203, and a single chair of almost identical model previously with Apter Fredericks was sold Sotheby's London, 14 July 2010, lot 161. 

John Gillington (fl.1787-1809) was made a Freeman of the City of Dublin as an Upholder in 1787 and worked as a cabinetmaker with his sons George and Samuel, trading as John Gillington & Sons from 1810-1814, after which his sons took over the business, recorded in Abbey Street. They were one of the leading furniture making firms in Dublin during the first third of the 19th century along with Mack Williams & Gibton, also located in Abbey Street.