George III Painted Faux Bamboo Armchair

George III Painted Faux Bamboo ArmchairAn elegant late George III early Regency period painted elbow chair, carved in the Chinoiserie fashion to simulate bamboo, after designs by Gillows. English, circa 17901800. Why we like it We love its slender, flowing design and the exoticism of the Chinoiserie manner, in which it is produced. Design Very similar designs are preserved in the Gillows' archives, particularly an illustration in their Colour Sketch Book, that matches the description

perfectly suitable for a creaky country cottage

exquisitely gilt-decorated with figures and armorial devices

iron hinges stamped H

of Corinthian column design and unusually large proportions

daughter of the 1st Viscount Bearsted and the Shell Oil heiress

it opened its doors in 1759

described as 'neat mahogany chairs

made in the Art Deco 'Egyptomania' taste in mid-20th century

firmly attributed to Thomas Chippendale

This super elegant table of wonderfully figured fiddle-back mahogany is an absolutely superb example of its period

Belisarius was a popular Byzantine general of the Roman Empire whose promising career was sabotaged by the jealous Emperor Justinian I

silver and pink lustred wares in Staffordshire : their pink lustreing especially attained a most remarkably fine colour tone with a rich sheen and velvet-like appearance