Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 1 - 20th April 2021
Lot 280
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND PURPLE HEART BONHEUR DU JOUR
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200
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Description
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND PURPLE HEART BONHEUR DU JOUR
ATTRIBUTED GILLOWS, C.1790-1800
with kingwood banding, the raised lift-off back with a pair of oval panelled cupboard doors (locked), flanking a central shelf, above a hinged front inset with a plush lined writing surface, above a frieze drawer, the right side with a pull-out drawer for pen and ink, on square tapering legs
114.8cm high, 64.2cm wide, 43cm deep
Catalogue Note
See Susan E. Stuart, 'Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840', volume 1., p.297, pl.323, for a similar satinwood writing table and bookshelf, also p.298, pl.324, which shows the original design of 1794 for a Mr Briscoe which the present lot derives from.