A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT CLOTHES-PRESS

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT CLOTHES-PRESS
Attributed to Gillows
Comprising a central section and two side sections; the moulded and dentilled breakfront cavetto cornice, above a fluted frieze, the central section with a pair of cut-cornered panelled doors enclosing four mahogany-lined drawers and two long gradated mahogany-lined drawers, the side sections each with a long conformingly twin-panelled door, enclosing a hanging-rail and three hanging pegs, on shaped bracket feet, restorations, the side sections Victorian
94 in. (239 cm.) wide; 73 in. (185.5 cm.) high; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to George Wilbraham (d. 1813) for Delamere House, Cheshire.
Thence by descent in the Wilbraham family, latterly of Sweet Briar Hall, Cheshire.

Lot Essay

This clothes-press is typical of Gillows furniture of the early George III period, and relies on its superbly figured mahogany and elegant proportions. The 'ogee' bracket foot appears in the Company's Estimate Sketch Books from the early 1760s, as does the use of concave cut-cornered panelled doors (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 165).

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