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An unusual pair of Regency mahogany day beds in the manner of Gillows

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
An unusual pair of Regency mahogany day beds in the manner of Gillows, one facing left and the other facing right, each having a scroll and a bolster at one end and lotus fan at the other, raised on tapering legs with gadrooned caps and original brass castors. English, circa 1815.

Footnote: See Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 2008, Vol. II, p.355, pl E15 for a drawing room setting designed at Gillow & Co., Oxford Street, in 1813, in which a pair of right- and left-handed day beds, with backs, face each other in the centre of the room.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	mahogany
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	Circa 1815
Styles / Movements:	Regency, Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	699012

Dimensions

W.	82 in;	H.	35 in;	D.	26 in;
W.	208.28 cm;	H.	88.9 cm;	D.	66.04 cm;

Seat H.	18 in;
Seat H.	45.72 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art