ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY OPEN BOOKCASE
Attributed to Gillows
Crossbanded overall in kingwood and inlaid with boxwood lines, the rectangular top with a three quarter gallery above four graduated shelves and a mahogany-lined drawer, the lower shelf and drawer flanked by fluted tapering turned columns with gadrooned finials, on ring-turned tapering legs, brass caps and castors, inscribed in paint to the reverse 'HL'
53½in. (136cm.) high; 25in. (63.5cm.) wide; 15in. (38cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A pair of related 'moving library' bookcases attributed to G. & R. Gillow of London and Lancaster were sold by Mr. and Mrs. Luke Dillon-Mahon, Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Christie's house sale, 1-3 November 1976, lot 12. One of these is illustrated in F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 13. Gillows supplied the majority of the late Georgian and Regency furniture at Clonbrock, and their bill, dated June 1801, still survives.

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