A SET OF SEVEN REGENCY ROSEWOOD DINING CHAIRS BY GILLOWS

A SET OF SEVEN REGENCY ROSEWOOD DINING CHAIRS BY GILLOWS, C1820 with caned seat and taped velvet squab cushions, 86cm h, rail stamped HHOf these fine 'Handsome Rosewood Chairs', other examples and variations on the design by Gillows are recorded. Furthermore, the initial stamp HH is clearly that of a journeyman, very likely Henry Holmes who worked at least for part of his career for Gillows, since it is one of the most common such stamps to be found on chairs dating from the first half of the 19th century. This design and the maker's stamp are extensively discussed Stuart (S E) Gillows, Woodbridge 2008, Vol I pp222-3 and Vol II pp244-5; see also Vol I plt 212 for an almost identical set of marked Gillows chairs.