Lot Essay
The signature is likely to be that of Joseph Barrow, a cabinet-maker at Gillows Lancaster in the mid-19th century (Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. II, p.215.)
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BY GILLOWS, DATED 1871
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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHAMBER WRITING TABLE
BY GILLOWS, DATED 1871
The top with fitted chamber compartment to the rear and now inset with a green leather writing surface, the right frieze drawer stamped twice GILLOWS.LANCASTER, the underside of the top signed in pencil "J Barrow, July 71"
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
BY GILLOWS, DATED 1871
The top with fitted chamber compartment to the rear and now inset with a green leather writing surface, the right frieze drawer stamped twice GILLOWS.LANCASTER, the underside of the top signed in pencil "J Barrow, July 71"
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
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