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A fine set of set of ten gilt-wood chairs attributed to Gillows,…
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Melbourne
Date:
22-Nov-2012
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A fine set of set of ten gilt-wood chairs attributed to Gillows, English, circa 1870. Buttoned backs and seats covered in green velvet the castors stamped 'COPE / & COLLINSON / PATENT', two chairs previously with a printed canvas label 'HIS GRACE / THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, G.C.V.O. D.S.O / BOURDON HOUSE / DAVIES STREET / LONDON, W.I.' . Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor and Ist Marquess of Westminster (d.1845) for Grosvenor House London and by descent to Anne, Duchess of Westminster. Acquired Two ducal collections, Christie's house sale, Woburn Abbey. 20-21 September 2004, Lot 1016. Illustrated in situ in the Drawing Room of Grosvenor house in an undated late 19th century photograph (D. Pearce, London's Mansions). London, 1986, fig. 125. These chairs almost certainly date from the 1870's remodelling of this room by Henry Clutton with J.G.Grace responsible for the redecoration.
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Unclassified