GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON (1730-1903)

Rare pair of George IV solid Rosewood Drawing Room Chairs in the Rococo Revival style, by Gillows & Co. of Oxford Street, London (c. 1825 England)

Rare pair of George IV solid Rosewood Drawing Room Chairs in the Rococo Revival style, by Gillows & Co. of Oxford Street, London (England)

Item Stock Code

2762

European Dimensions

50.00 cm wide 91.00 cm high 47.00 cm deep

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

19.69 inches wide 35.83 inches high 18.50 inches deep

Item Literature

Plate 213, Page 224 - 'Gillows of Lancaster and London' 1730-1840, vol 1

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

These chairs may well have been part of the suite of drawing room furniture made for a 'G. Bamford', the plan for which was prepared by Gillows & Co. of Oxford Street, between 1815-1835. A drawing from the plan survives in the Lancaster City Museums, showing a sofa and stool with the same bold design as the chairs. One of the chairs bears the stamp of 'H.LEE'. H. Lee was Henry Lee of Ogle Mews, London, who was a journeyman chair maker for Gillows and was probably commissioned to make the whole suite.

Between 1813 to 1840 the main focus of Gillows business became the Oxford Street, London premises, where designs for very richly carved seat furniture with extravagant neo-rococo decoration became the fashion and it was at this time that Oxford Street received such prestigious commissions as the magnificent twelve armchairs for Lord Fitzwilliam's Whistle-jacket Room at Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire and the giltwood suite of seat furniture for the Red Drawing Room at Tatton Park, Cheshire.

Seat dimensions: 19.5" (50cm) wide x 18" (46cm) high x 17" (43cm) deep

GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON

Type	Artist/Maker
Country of origin	England
Started working	1730
Stopped working	1903

Furniture makers: In about 1695 Robert Gillow founded his firm in Lancaster. His son, Richard, was taken into partnership in 1757. The firm opened a London branch in Oxford Street about 1777.
Noble commissions came and in 1800, Richard Gillows took over a patent for an extending dining table which further enhanced the firm's reputation. The history of Gillows is exceptionally complete, as nearly all the order books and salesman's archives still exist. We know that the practice of stamping GILLOWS. LANCASTER started in around 1780 and continued until 1817, which might seem surprisingly early as the design seems to reflect the taste of the early Victorian era, yet it is twenty to thirty years ahead of its time.

Today, it is difficult to comprehend the range of Gillows' business at this time. They traded not only in finished furniture, but also in timber from the West Indies along with sugar and spirits from the same region. They undertook architectural joinery and fitted out entire buildings, providing wall papers, fixtures and fittings. Their salesmen toured the country with books of illustrations lavishly coloured to tempt buyers. Gilllows even pioneered 'flat-packing' in order to offer their clients a reduced price. There was no corner of the furniture trade they did not thoroughly exploit. Between 1780 and 1830, they were the furniture trade, leading in price, fashion and even work practices.

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