16th Dec, 2021 9:30
A Regency Gillows of Lancaster mahogany kneehole library/ dressing table. With curved and recessed inverted breakfront. Fitted one frieze and four short flanking drawers. On typically turned cluster column legs with brass socket swivel castors. Stamped "Gillows Lancaster to the leading edge of the drawer front. 135 cm overall width x 62 cm deep x 85 cm overall height x 81 cm high to the top. 67 cm knee room
See footnotes.
Please see Lot 50 from Christie's London "The Glory of Gillows and Fine English Furniture" auction 16/9/2004, page 46 for an almost identical example and also a similar dressing table in the Leeds City Museum collection.
Credit: Christie's London 2004
Sold for £1,000
Condition Report
The handles have been replaced at some point but the handles are not cheap new handles.
The central drawer looks to have had the bottom board replaced see images
I firstly thought that the gallery was later as it seemed that the back edge had a strip added to accommodate the rear section of the gallery. On closer inspection, the strip is actually an extension of the gallery and looks in keeping but is of a slightly;y different colour to the general tone of the rest of the underside of the top, again see the accompanying images.
A Regency Gillows of Lancaster mahogany kneehole library/ dressing table. With curved and recessed inverted breakfront. Fitted one frieze and four short flanking drawers. On typically turned cluster column legs with brass socket swivel castors. Stamped "Gillows Lancaster to the leading edge of the drawer front. 135 cm overall width x 62 cm deep x 85 cm overall height x 81 cm high to the top. 67 cm knee room
See footnotes.
