Lot 11
11
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE in the manner of Gillows, the rounded rectangular top with inset hinged top enclosing three compartments and a pen slide, the panelled frieze with two mahogany-lined shaped drawers, on inset cluster-column legs, gadrooned-urn feet and casters, the legs with iron supports

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE in the manner of Gillows, the rounded rectangular top with inset hinged top enclosing three compartments and a pen slide, the panelled frieze with two mahogany-lined shaped drawers, on inset cluster-column legs, gadrooned-urn feet and casters, the legs with iron supports
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 29in. (73.5cm.) high; 20in. (51cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This design is a striking variant on the Gillow reeded-leg chamber writing table. A manuscript design for the Gillow type is in the Cabinet Makers General Sketch Book for 1810 at Westminster City Library, Gillow archive 344/144, p.11.

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