CIRCA 1820-30, POSSIBLY IRISH AND PERHAPS BY GILLINGTONS

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY WATERFALL OPEN BOOKCASE
CIRCA 1820-30, POSSIBLY IRISH AND PERHAPS BY GILLINGTONS
Of five graduated open shelves above a gadrooned apron and turned legs with brass caps and castors, stamped to reverse '5914'
61 in. (155 cm.) high; 61 ½ in. (156 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The present bookcase is stamped with a four figure number, a practice characteristic of the Dublin firm of George and Samuel Gillington. The firm, which specialized in high-quality fashionable Regency furniture is recorded from 1815 to 1838. Their warehouses were mostly in Abbey Street. A comparable pair of waterfall bookcases by Gillingtons, from Rockingham House and both stamped ‘4901’ were sold Adams, Dublin, 6 October 2001, lot 407 (€22,000 inc' prem').

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