A Regency rosewood and parcel-gilt armchair, A Regency rosewood and parcel-gilt armchair, c.1825, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the ornately carved frame with scrolling foliate motifs, and raised on turned and reeded tapering legs terminating in cup castors, 60cm wide 71cm deep 97cm high, seat 48cm high A Gillows' drawing from 1819 isparable to the model for the offered chair (Victoria and Albert Museum archives, E.94-1952), while another Gillows' design for a closely-related sofa to the present example also appears in the same archives (Victoria and Albert, E.42-1952), dated 1821.