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An important pair of Anglo-Japanese stools designed by Thomas Jeckyll and made by Gillows of Lancaster, each stamped Gillow 11439 and 11440, one signed in pencil and dated 1875. See Christies South Kensington, Ken Hill, Snettisham, Norfolk, 13th September 1999, Lot 632. Note: These stools formed part of a group of furniture designed by Thomas Jeckyll for the industrialist Edward Green and his wife Mary for their home The Old Hall, Heath, Yorkshire in the 1870s. The furniture was removed to Ken Hill when the Greens moved there in 1890. The signature of F. Branscombe is thought to be that of the upholsterer. Circa 1875.