on a turned gilt timber base

H:72 W:137 D:50 CM

the handles to the working side of the drawer have been replaced but no other restoration has been carried out

Sotheby’s New York

pegged frame with plank top

A Set of Six 19th Century Gillows Library Chairs Sale on a turned gilt timberA run of oak and Moroccan leather library chairs attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. Raised on glazed pot caster and turned tapering oak legs, Moroccan leather upholstered seat & back support, yoke shaped armrests, inverted heart motif back splat. A similar armchair is illustrated in the Gillows estimate records for August 3, 1868, as intended for the county Magistrates council chamber. Stylistically the chairs derive from several sources which