A REGENCY MAHOGANY GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBE

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY GENTLEMAN'S WARDROBE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820
Of breakfront form, with molded cornice above a pair of central paneled doors enclosing shelves with two short and two long drawers below, flanked by double-paneled doors each enclosing hooks and a rod, on plinth base
84½ in. (214.5 cm.) high, 99 in. (251.5 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A similar wardrobe with finely figured mahogany, a molded cornice and simply paneled doors but with ball feet bears the stamp for Gillows of Lancaster and was made for Charles Herbert Pierrepoint, 2nd Earl Manvers of Thoresby Hall near Newark, Nottinghamshire, 1822, illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, 2008, vol. II, p. 67, pl. 614.

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