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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Date 1790

Period George III

Origin English

Medium Mahogany

Gillows developed the 'five splat camel back stay rail chair' as they called it, around 1785, following the design of a similar 'three splat escutcheon chair'. The design was later copied by Hepplewhite and published under his name in 1787. There is no documented piece of furniture known that was produced by Hepplewhite.

Date: 1790

Period: George III

Origin: English

Medium: Mahogany

Literature: Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster & London ,1730-1840, 2008, vol. !,
pp. 164-166, plates 123-124.

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