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

Height 28 cm (11 inches)
Width 28 cm (11 inches)
Length 40 cm (16 inches)
Depth 40 cm (16 inches)
English. Circa 1815

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;

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