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See also:GILLOW, See also:ROBERT (d. 1773) , the founder at See also:Lancaster of a distinguished See also:firm of See also:English See also:cabinet-makers and See also:furniture designers whose books begin in 1731. He was succeeded by his eldest son See also:Richard (1734-1811), who after being educated at the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:seminary at See also:Douai was taken into See also:partnership about 1757, when the firm became Gillow & See also:Barton, and his younger sons Robert and See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, and the business was continued by his See also:grandson Richard (1778-1866). In its See also:early days the firm of Gillow were architects as well as cabinet-makers, and the first Richard Gillow designed the classical See also:Custom See also:House at Lancaster. In the See also:middle of the 18th See also:century the business was extended to See also:London, and about 1761 premises were opened in See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford See also:Street on a site which was continuously occupied until 1906. For a See also:long See also:period the Gillows were the best-known makers of English furniture—See also:Sheraton and Heppelwhite both designed for them, and replicas are still made of pieces from the drawings of Robert See also:Adam. Between 176o and 1770 they invented the See also:original See also:form of the billiard-table; they were the patentees (about 1800) of the telescopic dining-table which has long been universal in English houses; for a See also:Captain See also:Davenport they made, if they did not invent, the first See also:writing-table of that name. Their See also:vogue ,is indicated by references to them in the See also:works of Jane See also:Austen, See also:Thackeray and the first See also:Lord See also:Lytton, and more recently in one of See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert and See also:Sullivan's comic operas.
End of Article: GILLOW, ROBERT (d. 1773)
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