A pair of George IV mahogany boldly carved side chairs by Gillows Upholstered and close-nailed in leopard print velvet, on heavy scrolled cabriole legs and scroll and block feet with recessed castors, one chair stamped twice Gillows Lancaster, each 63cm wide, 72cm deep, 96cm high, seat height 47cm. (2) An identical chair, by repute from Westport House, Co. Mayo, Ireland, was sold Christie's London, 25 October 2019, lot 65 (previously with Christopher Hodsoll). The chairs neo-Kentian design relates to the furniture supplied by Gillows to William, 2nd Baron Bolton for Hackwod Park, Hampshire, in 1813 and to Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough for Glynliffon, Caernarvonshire, Wales in 1824. Between 1813 to 1840 the main focus of Gillows business became the Oxford Street, London premises, where extravagant neo-baroque and neo-rococo decoration became the fashion and it was at this time that Gillows received such prestigious commissions as the magnificent twelve armchairs for Lord Fitzwilliam's Whistlejacket Room at Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire and the giltwood suite of seat furniture for the Red Drawing Room at Tatton Park, Cheshire.