Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 9th January 2019

Lot 516

λ AMENDED A George III satinwood cylinder bureau by Gillows

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000

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Description

λ AMENDED A George III satinwood cylinder bureau by Gillows, with rosewood banding and purpleheart panels, the removable bookcase top with a shaped three quarter gallery, above a pair of concave fronted cedar lined drawers, one stamped 'GILLOWS. LANCASTER', the interior fitted with an arrangement of drawers and pigeonholes, with ivory handles and with a pull-out writing surface inset with original green Morocco leather, on a ratchet, above a pair of frieze drawers, on square tapering legs united by a galleried undertier, 154.2cm high, 91.4cm wide, 58.5cm deep.