Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840
Subtitle: cabinetmakers and international merchants : a furniture and business history
By: Susan E. Stuart
Contributors: Gillow & Co
Publisher: Antique collector's club
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781851495566; 9781851495610; 9781851495627
Subjects: Gillow & Co; Furniture design; Möbel; Gillows (Firma); Furniture; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Gillow Furniture Design, an Introduction; title: The Lancaster Firm's Early Years; title: The Gillow Family Business; title: Gillows' Export Trade; title: Chairs and Seat Manufacture; title: Tables; title: Beds, Bookcases, Clock Cases, Games Tables; title: References and Notes to Volume I; title: Vol. 2: Drawer Furniture and Cupboards; Picture Frames; Clothes Presses and Wardrobes; title: Glass and Mirrors, Miscellaneous Furniture; title: Timber Availability and Price, Woods and finishes; Glossary of Woods; title: References and Notes to Volume II; title: Appendix A: Index of the Lancaster Estimate Sketch Books 1800-50; title: Appendix B: Workmen, Apprentices and Tradesmen recoded in the Gillow Archives 1730-1850 and other Lancaster Cabinetmakers; title: Appendix C: Cabinetmakers working elsewhere when becoming Lancaster Freemen; title: Appendix D: Brass Furniture, Locks and Ironmongery; title: Appendix E: A Selection of Room Settings by Gillow & Co. of Oxford Street, London, 1813-1830; title: Gillow Gallery; title: Abbreviations; title: Bibliography; title: Index.