Early 20th Century Triangular Carved Corner Chair Gillows of Lancaster and London United Kingdom

A beautifully detailed and carved walnut corner chair by Gillows of Lancaster and London. The richly carved chair with lion's head on the armrest has a matching pattern cushion in a cream/ yellow color with rope / tassels. The corner chair from the United Kingdom made in 1917 is in good and sturdy condition. Engraved in the bottom of the chair; Gillow's 1917.

Object: Chair

Design: Gillows Lancaster and London

Mark: Engraved at the bottom: Gillows 1917

Style: Antique

Period: 1917

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Condition: Good. Wear is consistent with age and use. Great patina which is consistent with age and use. Sturdy chair. 

Material: Walnut, fabric, rope

Colour: Brown, cream

Dimensions: Height: 91 cm. Width: 69 cm Depth: 63 cm. Seating height: 55 cm.   

                     Height: 36 inch. Width: 27 inch. Depth: 25 inch. Seating height: 22 inch.

Weight: 9 kg 

Gillows of Lancaster and London

Gillows of Lancaster and London, also known as Gillow & Co., was an English furniture making firm based in Lancaster, Lancashire, and in London. It was founded in Lancaster about 1730 by Robert Gillow (1704–1772).

By the mid-18th century the firm was one of the leading cabinet-makers in Lancaster. They had a reputation for manufacturing very high quality furniture. By the end of the 1700s most of the firm's partners were based in London. The firm merged with a Liverpool firm in 1897 to form Waring & Gillow.