Lot Essay
The card-table, with Grecian turned reeded legs and bead-edged frame, relates to an 1826 pattern in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books (no. 3473) costing #5.2.6
Details
A REGENCY ROSEWOOD CARD-TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
The rounded rectangular top enclosing a purple leather-lined surface above a shallow frieze with breakfront corners and beaded edge, on reeded turned tapering baluster legs, the underside of the top with screw-holes
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 35¾in. (91cm.) deep, open
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
The rounded rectangular top enclosing a purple leather-lined surface above a shallow frieze with breakfront corners and beaded edge, on reeded turned tapering baluster legs, the underside of the top with screw-holes
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 35¾in. (91cm.) deep, open
Provenance
Probably supplied to Morton John Davison, Esq. (1778-1841), for Beamish Park, Co. Durham
Thence by indirect descent with the house to Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., of Beamish Park and subsequently of Bavington Hall
Thence by indirect descent with the house to Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., of Beamish Park and subsequently of Bavington Hall