A GEORGE III TULIPWOOD CHEVERET TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A GEORGE III TULIPWOOD CHEVERET TABLE
Attributed to Gillows
Banded overall with boxwood and mahogany, the removable superstructure with three-quarter shaped gallery and carrying-handle, above two short and one long mahogany-lined drawers, the rectangular top with shallow three-quarter gallery, above a frieze drawer with fitted interior, with ratcheted green baize-lined writing-surface and pen and ink tray, on square tapering legs joined by a shaped undertier, on collared feet
43¼ in. (110 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The Gillows design for a satinwood and tulipwood banded 'Sheveret' table of 1790, is illustrated in L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 150, and p. 170.
A similar tulipwood and kingwood chevret table was sold by John Keil, Sotheby's London, 7 April 1998, lot 78.

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