A REGENCY MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S TABLE
In the manner of Gillows
The double-hinged ratcheted and top with reeded edge and with removable book rest to each side, above a fitted secretaire-drawer modelled as two drawers, enclosing a gilt-tooled green leather-lined sliding drawer with ratcheted reading-slope, above six further lidded compartments, around a central well, on reeded tapering legs and feet with brass caps and castors, the lock stamped 'JOSEPH BRAMAH'
37½ in (95 cm.) high; 43¼ in. (110 cm.) wide; 25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The George IV library or architect's table, with rising top, lion-headed handles, and Egyptian reeded ornament, is designed in the early 19th Century antique fashion promoted by the Wyatt family of architects and evolved from a writing-table, with turn-down front, illustrated in Thomas Shearer's Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 1788, pl. 12. A design for a table of this pattern features in the 1801 Estimate Sketch Book of Gillow and Co. of London and Lancaster (Westminster City Archive) dated December 28, no. 1675.

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