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225. SET OF SIX GILLOWS OF LANCASTER ARTS & CRAFTS MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS, English circa 1860, each stamped Gillows and bearing model number 3971. Each chair having chamfered edges and a scrolled serrated top rail, decorated throughout with ornamental ebony dowels having columnar front legs and sabre back legs joined by a stretcher. Each back rail signed by the craftsman in pencil as well, in the manner of Charles Bevan. Together with a pair of matching armchairs of later manufacture, all in soft blue upholstery, total of eight chairs. Provenance: Mallett, London & New York Rafael Osona Auctions 110