ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY DRESSING-TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with three-quarter solid gallery, above two mahogany-lined frieze drawers with original handles and quarter fillets on reeded tapering legs with brass caps and castors, stamped 'COPE AND COLLINSON PATENT STRONG', one drawer with spurious 'GILLOW' stamp
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 36 in. (91 cm.) wide; 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

In 1813 Gillows of Lancaster supplied four related dressing-tables to William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850) for Hackwood Park, Hampshire at a cost of £8 16s 6d each. They were sold by the late 2nd Viscount Camrose, Hackwood Park, Christie's house sale, 20-22 April 1998, lots 356, 358, 359 and 360. A closely related dressing-table, by Gillows, was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 27 April 2006, lot 62.

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