c1890 "GILLOWS METAMORPHIC LIBRARY ARMCHAIR TABLE

In 1728 Robert Gillow began trading in Lancaster as a joiner, builder, house carpenter, furniture maker and overseas merchant. By the summer of 1731 he had entered into a partnership with a fellow catholic, George Haresnape, which had ended by 1735. By 1734 six other names appeared on their staff list. Gillows notably made heavy use of mahogany wood, which is indigenous to the Americas, from the early 1730s. In the early 1740s, Gillow owned a twelfth share of the ship Briget, which he partially used to import mahogany from the West Indies. The success of the firm was partly due to his ability to directly import mahogany; by 1742 Gillow was exporting finished mahogany furniture back to the West Indies. Gillows furniture can be seen in museums in London, Leeds, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Auckland, as well as a collection in the Gillow Museum in the Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster. The furniture can also be seen in houses open to the public such as Tatton Park. Gillows was owned by the family until 1814 when it was taken over by Redmayne, Whiteside, and Ferguson; they continued to use the Gillow name. Gillows furniture was a byword for quality, and other designers used Gillows to manufacture their furniture. Gillows furniture is referred to by Thackeray and the first Lord Lytton, and in one of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas. In 1903 Gillows merged with Warings of Liverpool to become Waring and Gillow. NOW PROUDLY AVAILABLE AND ON OFFER, one metamorphic library armchair / table attributed to Gillows (stamped to the base with a Gillow's serial number and patent number) , You don’t need me to tell you this is RARE, a very desirable and collectable Antique, I’m very unlikely to see or sell another anytime soon. Thankfully still has its original leather and has NOT been swapped out for modern upholstery. We can convey to the purchaser the house and rich well known family history attached to this. STUDY THE PICS AS THEY FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. NATIONWIDE DELIVERY.