A PAIR OF WALNUT, BURR WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CABINETS, by Gillows, Lancaster, each with a shaped white marble top and moulded edge above a dentil moulding, the frieze carved with husk festoons and centred by a rectangular parcel of intersecting quartrefoils, above a pair of panelled doors flanked to each side by two inswept open shelves above vitruvian scroll, on square tapering legs united by a shelf, with block feet, stamped to the top edge of each right hand door GILLOWS LANCASTER, the brass lock plates stamped, LA (?) NGEBEAR/BIRMm, second half 19th Century

Details

A PAIR OF WALNUT, BURR WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CABINETS, by Gillows, Lancaster, each with a shaped white marble top and moulded edge above a dentil moulding, the frieze carved with husk festoons and centred by a rectangular parcel of intersecting quartrefoils, above a pair of panelled doors flanked to each side by two inswept open shelves above vitruvian scroll, on square tapering legs united by a shelf, with block feet, stamped to the top edge of each right hand door GILLOWS LANCASTER, the brass lock plates stamped, LA (?) NGEBEAR/BIRMm, second half 19th Century
48in. (122cm.) wide; 37¾in. (96cm.) high; 17¾in. (45cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The design for this side cabinet is illustrated in Gillow's Estimate Sketch Book as no.8658, dated December 15th, 1873. The cabinet was made for James Williamson. Esq., at a cost of (23. 0s. 6½d. The hollowed corners with shelves and imbricated tablet and pilasters reflect the influence of a Louis XVI table desserte or commode servante; the husk-festooned frieze and walnut veneer in the Georgian/Adams manner, demonstrate the Anglo-French style of the last quarter of the 19th century.

More from 19 Century WoA

View All