CIRCA 1815, IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS

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A REGENCY GONCALO ALVES AND CALAMANDER CROSSBANDED WRITING TABLE
CIRCA 1815, IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS
With three mahogany-lined drawers opposed by conforming dummies, one drawer fitted with pen-and-ink compartments
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 26¼ in. (67 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The top of this finely made table is finished in a particularly well figured and richly coloured cut of goncalo alves, a hardwood from Brazil known as zebra wood or albuera wood to Regency cabinet-makers. It was especially favoured by Gillows. The handles, which appear to be original, are very close to an early 19th-century pattern-book model illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. II, p.335, fig. E.

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