ALMOST CERTAINLY BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1825

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD STANDS
ALMOST CERTAINLY BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1825
Each carved with gadrooning, lotus leaves, fluting and acanthus leaves
28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide; 10 ½ in. (27 cm.) deep

Literature

Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. II, p. 97, pl. 644 (probably the same pair).

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Lot Essay

Designed by Gillows to support vases of flowers, these stands are elaborate versions of a model first shown in 1822 (Estimate Sketch Books folio 3170). The 1822 sketch is notable for being the first early 19th century Gillows Lancaster design clearly based on a mid-18th century tripod table.

A pair of the present model sold Important English Furniture, Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 2008, lot 178 ($20,000)

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