About
This is a beautiful pair of new comfortable Regency style, mahogany library bergere armchairs in the manner of Gillows.
They are made of solid flame mahogany with leather arm rests, on reeded front legs with brass cappings and castors and splayed square section back legs terminating in square cup brass castors. The seats and backs are double caned and the cane is in excellent condition. The tan leather upholstery is really comfortable and adds the finishing touch.
There is no mistaking their unique quality and design, which is certain to make them a talking point in your home.
Condition:
This pair is in a good condition, the leather seats have just been reupholstered and the cane is in perfect condition. Please see photographs to confirm condition.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 100 x Width 66 x Depth 76
Height 49 - Seat Height
Dimensions in inches:
Height 3 feet, 3 inches x Width 2 feet, 2 inches x Depth 2 feet, 6 inches
Height 1 foot, 7 inches - Seat Height
Robert Gillow (1704–1772) was an English furniture manufacturer. He joined with a family of traders called Sattersthwaite and sailed with them to the West Indies as a ships carpenter. In Jamaica he became interested in mahogany and brought samples of the wood back to Lancaster in 1720. This may have been the first mahogany to be imported to England.
He founded the luxury furniture and furnishings firm Gillow of Lancashire in 1730. During the 1730s he began to exploit the lucrative West Indies trade exporting mahogany furniture and importing rum and sugar, in addition to fitting out ships cabins and doing finishing work in construction. The firm rapidly established a reputation for supplying high quality furniture and furnishings to the richest families in the country. They also had a London workshop in Thames Street. In 1764 a permanent London branch of Gillow's was established at 176 Oxford Road, now Oxford Street, by Robert's son, Thomas Robert Gillow, and William Taylor.
As well as working in solid mahogany, Gillows made veneered and painted furniture, and often used japanning to imitate inlay. As textiles came down in price, the firm moved into upholstery – staying ahead of the game in 1785 when it sent an upholsterer from London to work in the Lancaster factory. Gillows can be credited with many innovations. In the mid-1760s initiated and exploited the craze for billiard tables and produced a ladies’ version, the trou-madame. He invented the extending dining table – including, in 1800, the telescopic version, the “Patent Imperial.” The firm was inventive in adapting designs to customer’s requirements – 1795 saw a round library table with a revolving top. It fitted secrétaires with movable drawers and partitions, like early filing cabinets, and it even made a bureau bedstead that served as a desk but pulled out to a bed.
The social or “gentleman’s” table, horseshoe-shaped with japanned ice buckets, appeared around 1800, as did bonheurs du jour (ladies’ writing tables). Another version of the social table was semi-circular, with a firescreen along the straight side and a sliding holder for bottles. The Davenport, a lady’s desk, was featured in the sketchbooks from 1816. Gillows made medicine chests, powdering closets, linen presses, clothes horses, squirrel cages, meat safes, and boot jacks, not to mention coffins.
For over a century, the firm was known for its luxury furniture and furnishings. During the final years of the 19th century the company ran into financial difficulty and from 1897 began a loose financial arrangement with Waring of Liverpool, an arrangement legally ratified by the establishment of Waring & Gillow in 1903.
Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed." Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called "flame mahogany."
The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.
A bergère is an enclosed upholstered French armchair with an upholstered back and armrests on upholstered frames. The seat frame is over-upholstered, but the rest of the wooden framing is exposed: it may be moulded or carved, and of beech, painted or gilded, or of fruitwood, walnut or mahogany with a waxed finish. Padded elbowrests may stand upon the armrests. A bergère is fitted with a loose, but tailored, seat cushion.
It is designed for lounging in comfort, with a deeper, wider seat than that of a regular fauteuil, though the bergères by Bellangé in the White House. A bergère in the eighteenth century was essentially a meuble courant, designed to be moved about to suit convenience, rather than being ranged permanently formally along the walls as part of the decor.
Our reference: 05330
Details
- Production typeCurrent Production
- Production timeAvailable Now
- In the Style Of
- Place of origin
- Date of manufacture2017
- Period
- Materials and techniques
- ConditionGood.
- Dimensions
H 39.38 in. x W 25.99 in. x D 29.93 in.
H 100 cm x W 66 cm x D 76 cm
- Seller locationLondon, GB
- Seller reference number05330
- Sold AsSet of 2
- Reference numberLU95063916052
Shipping, Returns & Payment
- Shipping
Global Shipping Available
View details - Return Policy
This item can be returned within 14 days of delivery.
View details
- Online Payment Methods1stdibs accepts the following payment methods
- Item InvoiceGenerate an invoice that you can customize and print.
About the Seller
Top Seller
Vetted
1stdibs seller since 2012
Typical response time: 7 hrs
Located in London, GB
Associations:
LAPADA - The Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers
You may also contact the seller by phoneCall seller through 1stdibs
More From This Seller
Pair of Regency Style Mahogany Bergere Armchairs
$5,347 / set
Pair of Regency Style Mahogany Bergere Armchairs
English Armchairs
Mahogany
This is a beautiful pair of new Regency style, mahogany bergere armchairs.
They are made of solid flame mahogany with fabulous hand-carved decoration, and are raised on fluted and t...
Early 20th Century Regency Style Giltwood Armchair
English Armchairs
Upholstery, Giltwood
This is a beautiful antique giltwood armchair, in the fabulous Regency style, and early 20th century in date.
The gilded chair has been beautifully carved with reeded lines and m...
19th Century Pair of Sheraton Revival Satinwood...
English Armchairs
Satinwood
This is a fantastic antique pair of English Victorian Sheraton Revival satinwood armchairs, circa 1870 in date.
They are both expertly carved out of solid satinwood, each with Fed...
Pair of Leather Chippendale Wing Back Armchairs...
English Armchairs
Leather
This is a very handsome pair of new leather wing chairs.
They feature fantastic Chippendale style ball and claw legs and sumptuous leather upholstery in a beautiful walnut colour....
You May Also Like
19th Century Regency Pair of Armchairs in Mahog...
European Armchairs
Bronze, Mahogany
Pair of Swedish Art Deco influenced Klismos armchairs in mahogany with inlay brass.
Pair of Period Regency Mahogany Armchairs
$3,500 Sale Price / set
72% Off
Pair of Period Regency Mahogany Armchairs
Mahogany
Elegant pair of Regency mahogany armchairs with scroll arms and sabre legs, rectangular mid-back support with fanned edges, and seat cushion upholstered in two-tone checker board leo...
Charming Pair of Armchairs in the Manner of Rol...
Roland Rainer, Tatra Nabytok
Czech Armchairs
Fabric, Beech
Two armchairs,
in the manner of Roland Rainer,
manufacter Tatra, 1950.
solid beach, gray fabric.
Pair of 1960s Italian Sofa Armchairs in the Man...
Gio Ponti
Italian Sofas
Pair of 1960s Italian Sofa Armchairs In the Manner of Gio Ponti
Cotton chenille
Height 95 cm, depth 77 cm, width 78 cm, sitting height 45 cm.
Pair of Green Lucite Armchairs in the Manner of...
Charles Hollis Jones
American Armchairs
Lucite, Suede
The pair of Lucite armchairs are upholstered with a vibrant green suede fabric. Designed in the manner of Charles Hollis Jones.
Pair of Danish Modern Armchairs in the Manner o...
Ib Kofod-Larsen
Danish Armchairs
Pair of Danish modern armchairs in the manner of Ib Kofod-Larsen. The subtle and sleek design is wonderfully captured in this pair of solid walnut Danish lounge chairs. Each chair co...
Pair of Grosfeld House Hollywood Regency Bergeres
Grosfeld House
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Bergere Chairs
Wood
Pair of armchairs, having a black lacquered frame, each with a fielded bowed crestrail, centered by silver-gilt decoration of laureling, over shaped tufted backrest, out-scrolled uph...
Early 19th Century Regency Armchair in Mahogany...
English Armchairs
Elegant regency armchair in mahogany with cane in the sides, back and seat. Legs with brass shoes,
England, circa 1820.
Loose cushions reupholstered with velvet.
Why Shop on 1stdibs?
Only Vetted, Professional Sellers
Buyer Protection Guaranteed
Fully Insured Global Deliveries