Lot Essay
The mobile multi-shelved ring-turned display-stand, known as a 'whatnot' or 'tall music-stand', features in the Estimate Sketch Books of Messrs Gillows in 1790
Details
A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY CANTERBURY-WHATNOT attributed to Gillows, the moulded rectangular top above a ring-turned spindle-galleried tier and a pair of mahogany-lined drawers, the ring-turned spindle-galleried base section supported upon ring-turned tapering legs with brass caps and castors, inscribed to the underside KTLB
18¾in. (47.5cm.) wide; 48¾in. (124.5cm.) high; 15¾in. (40cm.) deep
18¾in. (47.5cm.) wide; 48¾in. (124.5cm.) high; 15¾in. (40cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d.1815)