Waring & Gillow
Before they joined forces, the Gillows were furniture makers at Lancaster; the Warings were wholesale cabinet makers at Liverpool. Waring & Gillow Ltd was registered in 1903, with a share capital of £1.8m, of which £1.355,000 was paid up (London Evening Standard, 2 April 1903). The company supplied high-quality furniture to the wealthiest families and outfitted and decorated luxury yachts and liners; hotels and public buildings; and royal palaces. The firm had branches at London (where it had show....
