A REGENCY MAHOGANY DRESSING-TABLE

BY GILLOWS

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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

Lot Essay

This dressing-table has slightly heavier legs than the others of this type at Hackwood. The evidence of the Memorandum and the Bill suggests that it was supplied at the same time as the others and that the differences simply reflect what Gillow had in stock at that time.

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