Lot 233
233
The Property of a Descendant of JOHN LLOYD WYNNE of Coed Coch (Lots 211 to 234)
A SET OF REGENCY MAHOGANY FOUR-TREAD METAMORPHIC LIBRARY STEPS

BY GILLOWS

Details
A SET OF REGENCY MAHOGANY FOUR-TREAD METAMORPHIC LIBRARY STEPS
By Gillows
The beige material-lined rectangular top above panelled sides, opening to reveal four beige material-lined treads, turned and tapering legs with brass caps and castors, with chalk inscription underneath NIT
35¾in. (90.5cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high when open; 18in. (46cm.) deep
Provenance
Commissioned by John Lloyd Wynne (d. 1862) of Coed Coch, Denbighshire
Thence by descent

Lot Essay

These 'metamorphic' stool/steps would have been designed to accompany John Lloyd Wynne's 'Library Bookcase' (lot 234) and it corresponds to Gillows' 1805 sketch-pattern for a cloth-covered 'Library Stool and Step Ladder' (preserved in the Westminster Library MSS, no. 1766). The latter was executed for the 1st Marquess of Sligo (d. 1809). For a set of chairs probably supplied by Gillows to Lord Sligo, see lot 106 in this sale.

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