Great Scale English , Mahogany Gillows Lancaster ,Hall Bench - possibly doubling as a coffee table .This well known model as a rule is generally two feet six inches , occassionally three feet plus . This is the  first five  feet and over bench we have encoutered in the sixty or so years of antique dealing . The quality and the particular choice of timbers leads one to suspect the firm of Gillows Lancaster .Gillows had often priority over all else being a particularly large purchaser of timber at the Liverpool docks - enabling him select the best .

Condition  - Excellent with a natural rich patination .

Dimensions       Width  5ft 5 inches

                           Depth     16 inches

                 Height to seat   17 inches

                 Height top arm  18 1/2 inches

Provenence Private Collection Hertfordshire   NFS

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