A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT WARDROBE

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT WARDROBE
Attributed to Gillows
Decorated overall with rosewood cross-banding and boxwood stringing, the moulded rectangular breakfront cavetto cornice with inlaid dentilled band above a plain frieze, the central section with a pair of oval inlaid panelled doors, enclosing five mahogany-lined sliding trays above two mahogany-lined short drawers and a further two graduated mahogany-lined long drawers flanked by two similarly panelled cupboards, one with a divided door, enclosing a sliding hanging rail, the other with a single door enclosing three adjustable shelves, on shaped aprons and downswept feet
96in. (244cm.) wide; 82in. (208cm.) high; 23in. (58.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The clothes-press derives from a combination of two clothes-press patterns published in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide of 1788 (pls. 53 and 54). The beribboned medallions display silky panels of Spanish mahogany that is typical of the superb veneers used by Gillows of London and Lancaster, and the door pattern as well as the serpentined apron and scrolled stump foot features in their 1788 Sketch Book (see L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs, Royston, 1995, figs. 132 and 145).

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