GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON (1730-1903)

Regency Mahogany Armchair by Gillows of Lancaster (c. 1825 to c. 1830 England)

Regency Mahogany Armchair by Gillows of Lancaster (England)

Item Stock Code

8846

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

The carved and reeded back with scallops to the corners of the cresting rail over
broadly swept reeded arms that scroll over to the upholstered seat to moulded
seat rails, supported by fine turned reeded legs.
The chair is of the same design as a child's high chair supplied by Gillows to Erdigg Castle in Wales and illustrated in Susan Stuarts book on Gillows, page 361, Plate E26.
English, circa 1825-1830
Height 35” (89cm) Seat Height 19” (49cm) Width 23” (59cm) Depth 19” (49cm)
Stock No. 8846

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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