A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

BY GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
by Gillows
The moulded rectangular top above two short and three long drawers, between baluster and reed column-angles, on turned feet, the reverse inscribed in chalk 'FITTINGS OF 153 inside'
48¾ in. (123.5 cm.) wide; 41¾ in. (105.5 cm.) high; 22¼ in. (56.5 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, South West or Recess Bedroom: 'A neat Mahogany Chest of Drawers'.
Gillows Bill, July 1813, either the South West or Recess Bedroom 'To a good Mahogany Chest of Drawers 4ft 1 long the top aand 3ft 0 ... with reeeded column corners good brass Locks...12Gs' invoiced for £12 12s, or another room 'To a good Mahogany chest of drawers with reeded column corners 4ft 1 as before' for the same price.

Lot Essay

Only one chest of drawers is described in the Memorandum, a summary of furniture agreed between Gillows and Lord Bolton, but two are included in the actual bill.
A very closely related pattern of chest of drawers is illustrated in Gillows Estimate Sketch Books for March 1821, p. 3129, as supplied to Lord Duncannon.

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