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workshop of Gillows of Lancaster
Category
Furniture
Date
Aug 1758
Materials
Solid mahogany, with oak drawer linings, original green cloth, original brass
Place of origin
Lancaster
Order this imageCollection
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998029
Summary
A rare pair of mahogany chest on chests, made in Lancaster by Gillows of Lancaster in 1758, for Walter Strickland of Sizergh Castle.
Provenance
Purchased by Walter Strickland (1729 - 1761) of Sizergh Castle in 1758, probably on the occasion of his marriage to Margaret Messenger in the same year. Part of the same commission as NT 998267, the clothes press which also remains in the Castle, made for Charles Strickland (1734 - 1770) of Sizergh Castle. Thence by descent, until given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.
Makers and roles
workshop of Gillows of Lancaster , manufacturer
References
Stuart, Susan 'Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 - 1840' (2008) 2 vols., Vol. II, pp. 6 - 8 and illustrated Plates 528 & 529