CIRCA 1815, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1815, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
The moulded cornice with plain frieze above a pair of brass trellis panel doors enclosing four adjustable shelves, flanked on each side by a conforming door enclosing five shelves, the lower section with a pair of panel doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, flanked on either side by a conforming door enclosing two adjustable shelves, on a moulded plinth base
110¼ in. (280 cm.) high; 76 in. (193 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1990, lot 278.

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Lot Essay

The bookcase, with its flame-figured mahogany, Grecian-reeded pilasters and acanthus-wrapped trusses, relates to those supplied for Glynllifon, Wales and invoiced in 1823 by Gillow of London and Lancaster as having "green silk trellis, carved trusses". This bookcase is very similar in scale and character to the bookcases supplied by Gillow's to the Library of Tatton Park, Cheshire, in 1811, in particular to one of the free-standing bookcases on the north wall of the library and to Gillows' design for this bookcase (see Nicholas Goodison and John Hardy, "Gillows at Tatton Park", Furniture History Society Journal , Vol. VI, 1970, plates 6A, 6B and 7A, and plate 7B, showing the Gillows' design).

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