A REGENCY MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CLOTHES-PRESS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER

The upper section with two panelled doors with applied rectangular banding with lotus-bud angles enclosing four graduated slides and flanked by reeded panels, surmounted by a panelled frieze and a breakfront pediment with central sunburst, the lower section with three graduated drawers flanked by reeded panels and on part-gadrooned turned feet
52in. (132.5cm.) wide; 87in. (221cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably supplied to Morton John Davison, Esq. (1778-1841), for Beamish Park, Co. Durham
Thence by indirect descent with the house to Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., of Beamish Park and subsequently of Bavington Hall

Lot Essay

The wardrobe derives in part from the same Grecian pattern as lot 153, and shares similar features such as the panelled doors and reeded feet. However, it is further enriched with reed-filled pilasters, inspired by an 1806 pattern in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Encyclopedia, 1804-7, p. 9. The pediment, whose arched crest is centred by a tablet and a demi-sunflower patera, evolved from a pattern published in Thomas Shearer's Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1788, p. 1

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