ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III YEWWOOD, TULIPWOOD, SATINWOOOD AND IVORY CYLINDER BUREAU-BOOKCASE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790
With an arched broken pediment centered by an urn, above two glazed doors containing two shelves, the base with a long drawer over a cylinder concealing a fitted interior with ivory-handled drawers, pigeonholes and a gilt-tooled green leather writing surface, inscribed with red painted accession numbers 71.14.1A and 71.14.1I brasses associated
92 in. (233.5 cm.) high, 37 in. (94 cm.) wide, 21½ in. (55 cm.) deep

Provenance

With Hotspur, London.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Magowan, 1971.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The yew cylinder bureau can be attributed to Gillows based on a virtually identical example from the collection of the Earls of Derby at Knowlsey Hall, Lancaster, with fretwork swan's neck cornice and mounted with the firm's signature oval pulls (see M. Jourdain and F. Rose, English Furniture: The Georgian Period (1750-1830), London, 1952, pl. 92). A Gillows drawing dated 1798 is inscribed for the Countess of Derby at Knowsley confirming the family's patronage of the firm (L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Herefordshire, 1995, fig. 155, p. 171).

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