A GEORGE IV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND EBONISED SIDE CABINET

BY GILLOWS

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A GEORGE IV ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND EBONISED SIDE CABINET
By Gillows
En suite with the preceding lot, the reeded rectangular top above a frieze with foliate corner panels and a pair of panelled doors enclosing four slides, flanked by four short drawers to each side and gadrooned and bobbin-turned corner columns, on a moulded plinth base and ring-turned bun feet, losses to the veneer
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 72 in. (103.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (54 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied to Peter Langford-Brooke, Esq. (d. 1840), for Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire by Gillows of Lancaster.
Thence by descent at Mere to Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke [+], sold Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 86.

Sale room notice

The width of this side cabinet is 72 in. (184 cm.).

Lot Essay

This side cabinet is mentioned in the 1840 Inventory of Mrs. Julia Langford-Brooke. It was in her dressing-room and was described as a 'Black stained mahogany wardrobe, 8 drawers, and enclosed sliding-shelves'.

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