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Outstanding Pair of Gillows Shell Back Hall Chairs (1 of 6)
Outstanding Pair of Gillows Shell Back Hall Chairs
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Outstanding Pair of Gillows Shell Back Hall Chairs

REF: LA500258
£5,000
€5,841
$6,289
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Description
Outstanding pair of Gillows shell back hall chairs that have been raised on reeded sabre legs with panel seats and beautifully carved shell backs and painted inscription, around a sunburst, in Latin which reads "Propositi Tenax" which roughly translates as " Never Quit". N.B. One of a pair of identical chairs is illustrated in Susan E Stuarts books "Gillow of Lancaster and London 1730-1840" plate 177 (page 203) and made in 1811 for The Reverend Holland Edwards of Pennant Conway North Wales
measurements
Height:
850 mm
Width:
390 mm
Depth:
470 mm
declaration
Antique & Modern Living has clarified that the Outstanding Pair of Gillows Shell Back Hall Chairs (LA500258) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1815
condition
In very good and original condition
location
This Outstanding Pair of Gillows Shell Back Hall Chairs is located in Surrey, United Kingdom
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