A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWO-TIER WASH-STAND

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWO-TIER WASH-STAND
The square top with later baluster gallery and three circular holes, with later removable top, above a frieze, and a shelf with a mahogany-lined drawer, on tapering club legs joined by a concave-sided platform stretcher, on pad feet, the stretcher moved, the spindles on the gallery possibly reused
31 in. (80 cm.) high; 12 in. (32 cm.) square

Lot Essay

The 'bason stand', apart from the upper tier, corresponds to a pattern in the 1760 Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of Lancaster (see L. Boynton, (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 111).

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