Lot Essay
A similar set of quartetto tables attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, Leighton Hall, Lancashire, are illustrated in Ralph Edwards, The Shorter Dictionery of English Furniture, London 1983, page 575, fig.2
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A NEST OF QUARTETTO TABLES
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
Each with moulded rectangular top and inlaid with various specimen woods, including amboyna, rosewood, burr-maple and yew, the smallest inlaid with a chess board, on ring-turned baluster supports and turned feet, joined by slender turned stretchers
the largest 23in. (58.5cm) wide (4)
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
Each with moulded rectangular top and inlaid with various specimen woods, including amboyna, rosewood, burr-maple and yew, the smallest inlaid with a chess board, on ring-turned baluster supports and turned feet, joined by slender turned stretchers
the largest 23in. (58.5cm) wide (4)