ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TALLBOY
Attributed to Gillows
The dentilled broken cornice above a plain freize and two short and three long graduated drawers flanked by fluted quarter columns with ormolu capitals and bases, the lower section with three long graduated drawers, on ogee bracket feet, the handles original
75¾ in. (192 cm.) high; 48¾ in. (124 cm.) wide; 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The 'tallboy' chest-of-drawers, with its superbly figured mahogany, is typical of Messrs Gillows' furniture of the early George III period. The 'ogee' bracket foot had featured in their Estimate Sketch Books since the early 1760s, but the Roman plinth-enriched pediment and medallioned handles are typical of their cabinet-furniture of the 1780s (see L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs, Royston, 1995, figs. 134). The lower chest-of-drawers relates to that of a secretaire-press atttributed to Gillows and sold from Mere Hall, Cheshire, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 131.

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