Untitled
manner of Gillows of Lancaster
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1820
Materials
Mahogany, Deal, Beech, Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Ebony, Gilt, Paint, Chintz, Cotton, Iron
Place of origin
Lancaster or London
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960340.2
Summary
The wooden furniture elements of a painted and parcel-gilt mahogany tester bed, English, in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1800 - 1820. The white-painted cornice arched, tablet-centred and moulded and applied with gilt stars and with four metal finials. The footposts spirally-reeded, baluster-turned and acanthus-carved, on blocks inlaid with a Greek key pattern in boxwood and ebony. Hung with floral chintz and with spotted blue cotton lining.
Makers and roles
manner of Gillows of Lancaster , cabinet maker