Lovely Adams Style Pair of Armchairs with Caned Seats

Lovely pair of elegant Adam style hand painted wood armchairs having black background with gold details and red and green berry like decoration. Seats are caned with custom off white...

A magnificent pair of carved fruitwood French bergere style armchairs having glorious very light yellow scalamandre style upholstery with pineapples, rasberries, foliage and such. M...

A superb quality pair of open armchairs, after late 18th century designs by Gillows of Lancaster and London, the manufacture attributable to Gillow & Co. English, circa 1880. Why we like them 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 in a painting by Walter Dendy Sadler (British, 1854-1923), The After Lunch Conversation, 1889, sold at Doyle, New York, 21 May 2024, lot 83. Design These chairs correspond to Gillows’ 'Garforth pattern' - a rare and highly desirable design - which first appeared in 1795 and was probably an adaptation of Georges Jacob's design of circa 1792 for Marie-Antoinette's dairy at Rambouillet. Gillows made the chairs not only in mahogany but also japanned, and they appear to have been particularly popular among the genteel, professional, and merchant classes in the north of England. In 1796, the Earl of Strafford purchased six white and green japanned chairs for Wentworth Woodhouse...

A fantastic pair of antique Edwardian corner chairs. They were made in England, they date from the 1900-1910 period. They are of superb...