Regency Giltwood Footstool
£1,200
A late Regency giltwood footstool in the manner of Matthew Gregson; in the form of a bold double scroll with carved flowerhead and lotus blossom, the reeded base raised on lobed bun feet, later covered in a close-nailed 17th/18th Brussels tapestry fragment
Born in Liverpool, Matthew Gregson (1749-1824) was an upholsterer and cabinetmaker and became a Lancaster freeman in 1779-80. The son of Thomas Gregson, a blockmaker from Lancaster, Gregson formed a business partnership with Jonathan Bullen in the late 18th century with connections to Gillows. A similar stool to the offered lot designed by Matthew Gregson was illustrated in Ackermann’s Repository, October 1813.
Literature:
Susan E Stuart, ‘Gillows of Lancaster and London’ 1730-1840, pp.’s 243-244 & 313-314
Frances Collard, ‘Regency Furniture’ p. 41, pl.5;
