A MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LUGGAGE-STANDS
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF THE LORD ST. OSWALD, REMOVED FROM NOSTELL PRIORY, WAKEFIELD, YORKSHIRE (LOTS 48-49)
A MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LUGGAGE-STANDS

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

Details
A MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LUGGAGE-STANDS
Attributed to Gillows
Each with a rounded rectangular slatted top above a plain frieze, on ring-turned and reeded baluster legs with tapering feet
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably supplied to Charles Williamson, later Winn, (d. 1884), Nostell Priory, Yorkshire and by descent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
There are two entries for Winn of Nostell Priory in the 1813-1840 Gillows Ledger. One is dated 7 May 1820 and the other 1 August 1821, with a price of £41.4.0. recorded against each.

Lot Essay

In 1812 Gillows, renowned for their high-quality mahogany furniture, supplied eight similar luggage-stands with reeded legs to Wilbraham Egerton for Tatton Park, Cheshire. They cost £1 16s 0d. each (see N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pp. 11 and 12, fig. 14A).
In the first quarter of the 19th Century, with the 'advent of comfort', Gillows of London and Lancaster supplied many country houses, such as Nostell Priory, with bedroom furniture. These items included luggage-stands, dressing-tables, mirrors, stools, chests-of-drawers, clothes-presses and four-post beds, often supplied in large quantities, which would explain the slight variations in the present lot.

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