Antique Dining Furniture - Gillows Furniture
ROBERT & RICHARD GILLOW
"Gillow" has almost passed into the language as a measure of quality. In about 1695 Robert Gillow founded his firm in Lancaster. His son, Richard, who was taken into partnership in 1757, invented the telescopic dining table in 1800. The firm opened a London branch in Oxford Street about 1777. Such was the size of their business that they owned their own fleet, bringing timber to Lancaster from the colonies.
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