A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD
Attributed to Gillows, circa 1790
The D-shaped figured mahogany top above a central fluted drawer flanked by a pair of cupboard doors inlaid with oval panels and mounted with lacquered-brass handles on square tapering fluted legs headed by carved rosettes and with block feet, formerly with a splashrail
38in. (102.5cm.) high, 78in. (208cm.) wide, 31in. (82cm.) deep

来源

Purchased from David Tremayne, London, 24 November 1964.

拍品专文

This sideboard is based on a design by Thomas Shearer published in The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 2nd edn., 1793, pl. 5, fig. 1 (reproduced in E. White, ed. Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, 1990, p.284). A similar sideboard at Temple Newsam House, Leeds is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, vol. II, 1978, pp. 280-281, fig. 338.

A virtually identical sideboard belonging to Mrs. Samuel A. Peck, Westbury, Long Island, was sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.,New York, 20-21 January 1961, lot 362.