A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLES

IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, CIRCA 1780

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLES
In the manner of Gillows, circa 1780
Each with a bowed top above a conforming frieze with line-inlaid central drawer, on tapering square legs
30¼in. (77cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Acquired from Apter-Fredericks, Ltd., London.

Lot Essay

With their richly figured lustrous timber and sobre lines, these tables relate to the furniture supplied by Gillows for Mere Hall, Lancashire. Perhaps intended as 'dressing-tables' - as Hepplewhite described those with drawers in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide of 1788 - a related pair of bow-fronted tables was sold from Mere by Mrs. Langford-Brooke, Christie's House sale, 23 May 1994, lot 43.

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