Lot 76
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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LUGGAGE-STANDS
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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LUGGAGE-STANDS

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LUGGAGE-STANDS
Attributed to Gillows
Each with rounded rectangular slatted top, on reeded tapering legs and tapering feet
18 in. (45.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

In 1812 Gillows supplied eight similar trunk-stands with reeded legs to Wilbraham Egerton for Tatton Park, Cheshire in 1812. They cost £1 16s 0d. each (see N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pp. 11 and 12, fig. 14A).
A related trunk-stand was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 24 April 1998, lot 44.

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