A late Regency giltwood footstool
in the manner of Matthew Gregson
of scroll ended form, the longer sides 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, 28cm high, 40.5cm long, 28.3cm wide
Footnotes:
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;