Each with a scroll and leaf carved toprail above the oval carved splat centred with a relief carved bras armé crest, the panel seat on reeded apron and sabre legs, stamped "GILLOWS LANCASTER" under seat rail.
*CITES permit may be required for export
Height 96cm
Estimate $1,500 - $2,000
A Private Woollahra Residence
Illustrated in Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, page 204.
These unusual hall chairs were part of a set ordered by Thomas Clifton (1788-1851) for his house, Lytham Hall in Lancashire, in September 1832.
The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8824
2:00pm - 8 September 2026
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Fri 4 – Sun 6 September, 11am - 5pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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