An Elegant 19th Century Armchair

An Elegant 19th Century ArmchairA superb quality open armchair, after late 18th century designs by Gillows of Lancaster and London, the manufacture attributable to Gillow & Co. English, circa 1880. Why we like it Wonderfully elegant model, looking very delicate but in fact unusually strong the sign of a skilled craftsman. Interestingly, chairs of this exact model can be seen on a painting by Walter Dendy Sadler (British, 1854 1923), The After Lunch Conversation, 1889, sold at Doyle,

Madeleine married the heir and art critic Marcellin Castaing – the legendary love of her life – who in the 1920's acquired a neoclassical gentilhommière at Lèves

To complete the appearance

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The 3rd Viscount William 'Kitty' Courtenay-later 9th Earl of Devon - left the most indelible mark on Powderham

Marked ‘Phillips's Ltd 43-44 New Bond Street London NW’ and ‘Crescent Ware England’

was instead the oldest of the three and certainly the most prestigious

signed in the bottom P

escutcheon

smart choice of veneers and the use of the finely engraved brass mounts and castor cappings suggest that the piece was made by a highly skilled cabinetmaker

perfect as coffee or cocktail tables or even bedside stands

The 2nd Marquess of Exeter purchased 12 Walnut High Backed chairs and 2 stools for Burghley in 1836 from the Doge’s Palace (illus

this very chic low table is a perfect coffee or cocktail table for an intimate setting