Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd April 2019

Lot 351

λ A Regency mahogany bedside cupboard by Gillows

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £3200

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Description

λ A Regency mahogany bedside cupboard by Gillows, with a reeded three quarter gallery above a cupboard door with a turned rosewood handle, stamped 'GILLOWS LANCASTER', flanked by a pair of flame veneered tablet panels with outline mouldings, on turned and ribbed legs, 80.3cm high, 40cm wide, 34.5cm deep.

See N. Goodison & J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History Society, 1970, pl.12B for five pairs of similar pot cupboards that were supplied by Gillows in 1812 for Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire.