Fine George III Mahogany Armchair, Attributed to Gillows

Fine George III Mahogany Armchair, Attributed to GillowsA superb quality, late George III period mahogany open armchair, of rare and elegant design, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London English, c. 1800 Designed in the French antique style, having a curved and panelled tablet crest rail, veneered in figured mahogany and ebony crossbanded, above a shaped X form splat, centred by an oval patera, flanked by the downswept finely reeded arms ending in paterae and supported by the stylized curved and

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Fine George III period mahogany side chair of outstanding quality

which are laminated on the present example - another signature feature of the Chippendale's workshop

Jacques de Sève was a prolific artist and engraver most associated with Buffon

with lion masks on scrolled handles

where a similar type of leather-lined hinged-top table

The reeded front legs on brass castors and similarly reeded arm supports can be found on other examples of the Gillows output from early 19th century

The design for this chair

This delightful little telescopic table has the octagonal mahogany-veneered tilting top with rosewood cross-banding and black-and-white boxwood stringing

on a gilded moire silk ground

Harewood House

~13 in x 8