Untitled
manner of Gillows of Lancaster
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1820
Materials
Mahogany, deal, beech, boxwood, ebony, gilt, paint and iron.
Place of origin
Lancaster or London
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960340.2.1
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. [Conservation information to be contained in this record.]
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Charles Winn (d. 1874), thence by descent until purchased by the National Trust by private treaty sale from Lord St Oswald in 2010.
Makers and roles
manner of Gillows of Lancaster , cabinet maker