A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TOILET-MIRROR

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOW

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TOILET-MIRROR
Attributed to Gillow
Banded overall with fruitwood lines, the oval plate painted to the reverse with trailing foliage and flowers, on an adjustable baluster stand, the lower waved section with central drawer flanked by two smaller drawers and on shaped bracket feet
22in. (56cm.) high

Lot Essay

A sketch pattern for a similar serpentined 'commode' dressing-box surmounted by an oval glass features in Gillows 1797 Estimate Book preserved at Westminster Library (L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, no. 195).

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