Sofa
Gillows of Lancaster
Category
Furniture
Date
1825
Materials
Giltwood, Limewood, Silk damask
Measurements
1981 mm (L); 1016 mm (H); 686 mm (D)
Place of origin
Lancaster
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297162.1
Summary
One of a pair of giltwood sofas, English circa 1825. Shaped backs and padded arms, heavily carved in gilded limewood, shell and scroll acanthus leaf motifs, upholstered and covered in red silk damask. Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster.
Marks and inscriptions
T. Flood 1909/10 / Alterations to [rooms?] House / [and] / Recovered repd re with / new Silk 1909 by Messrs Maples [men?] / Walls rec. / Old Silk off Walls [and] Furniture / was Macclesfield silk [fixed?] on to walls (1806) / according to [records?] (handwritten in pencil on frame of TAT/F/29, a by Thompson Flood the estate carpenter in the late 19th and early 20th Century)
Makers and roles
Gillows of Lancaster , cabinetmaker