Armchair
Gillow and Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Wood
Measurements
813 mm (H)660 mm (W)635 mm (D)
Place of origin
Lancaster
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1227057.1
Caption
The architect Norman Shaw didn’t just extend the building but he also designed the interior. This chair was designed by Norman Shaw and manufactured by Gillow and Co for the Library at Cragside. This room is one of the most complete Victorian interiors in the country.
Summary
One of four ebonised corner writing armchairs designed by Norman Shaw and made by Gillows of Lancaster, the splats in the back decorated with vases of flowers in gold, with loose seats in gilt-tooled leather, on cabriole legs with understretchers.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
Gillow and Co., manufacturer Richard Norman Shaw (Edinburgh 1831 - London 1912), designer