Lot 154
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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING-TABLE
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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING-TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING-TABLE
Attributed to Gillows
The rounded rectangular top above a green leather and mahogany-lined frieze drawer with hinged reading-slope, on ring-turned and reeded tapering legs and feet, with brass caps and castors, the lock stamped 'CHUBB'S PATENT' below a crown and '11089 LONDON', lacking work-basket
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 28¼ in. (72 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep
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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

Lot Essay

Gillows of Lancaster supplied four related chamber writing-tables to Richard Gascoigne in 1810, for the bedrooms at Parlington Hall, Aberford. Three of these tables are now at Lotherton Hall, Leeds each with a lidded well on the top, enclosing a pen-tray (C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall, London, 1978, p. 382, cat. no. 504). This table, now lacking its work-basket, relates to a writing-table sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 14 September 2000, lot 170.

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