Details
A REGENCY MAHOGANY DRESSING-TABLE
by Gillows
The rectangular top with reeded edge and three-quarter gallery, the front with concave centre above a mahogany-lined drawer flanked by two drawers to each side, on reeded turned tapering legs, brass caps and castors, the interior of the main drawer with early 19th Century ink inventory inscription 'N E 1'
44½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 32 in. (81 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep
Provenance
Supplied in 1813 to William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850) for Hackwood
By descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954)
Thence by descent
Literature
Gillows Memorandum, May 1813, North East Bedroom: 'A Mahogany Dressing Table 5 Drawers'
Gillows Bill, July 1813, North East Bedroom: ' To a Mahogany five drawer Dressing Table on turned Reeded legs as before' invoived for £8 16s 6d