Chair
Gillow and Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Wood
Measurements
865 mm (H)445 mm (W)410 mm (D)
Place of origin
Lancaster
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1227058.4
Summary
Chair from a set of two arm and four single ebonised chairs designed by Norman Shaw and made by Gillows of Lancaster, with tooled leather backs and seats in canework, on turned 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