A set of six Victorian walnut dining chairs by Gillows Third quarter 19th century With foliate carved frames, the upholstered backs flanked by twisted reeded uprights surmounted by carved ebony leopard heads, five stamped 'GILLOW', one stamped and one numbered '9936', 52cm wide x 64cm deep x 100cm high, (20in wide x 25in deep x 39in high) (6) Footnotes: Provenance Christie's, London, Fine English Furniture, 25 September 1997, lot 86. The lion headed chairs, manufactured by Gillow of Oxford Street, relate to a pattern in the French Empire manner, illustrated in F.Ewerbeck, Damenzimmer-Polsterstuhl, Aachen, 1874, p. 59. (G. Himmelheber Deutsche Möbelvorlagen 1800-1900', Munich, 1988, p. 435, fig. 2877.) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing