Lot 55
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE attributed to Gillows, the moulded dentil cornice above a fluted frieze with floral patera roundels, the astragally-glazed doors enclosing a fitted interior with two adjustable shelves, the base section with moulded top above a panelled secretaire-drawer enclosing a mahogany-lined fitted interior with eleven mahogany-lined drawers around a central door with sunburst and chequerbanded border, above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a further fitted interior with a drawer and a press, on shaped bracket feet, one press lacking, drilled to each side for electricity, five panes cracked

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE attributed to Gillows, the moulded dentil cornice above a fluted frieze with floral patera roundels, the astragally-glazed doors enclosing a fitted interior with two adjustable shelves, the base section with moulded top above a panelled secretaire-drawer enclosing a mahogany-lined fitted interior with eleven mahogany-lined drawers around a central door with sunburst and chequerbanded border, above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a further fitted interior with a drawer and a press, on shaped bracket feet, one press lacking, drilled to each side for electricity, five panes cracked
50½in. (128.5cm.) w; 86½in. (220cm.) hihg; 24¾in. (63cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Richard Gillow subscribed to 'Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker Director, 1754, and in 1765 he informed a client, when sending bookcase sketches, that 'If any of Chippendale's designs be more aggreeable I have his book and can execute 'em'. The glazing bars of this bookcase feature in the Director pl. XVI, and also in Messrs Gillows Estimate Sketch Books, no. 25, for 1766. The flowered-and-fluted frieze of this bookcase also appears on one set of bed-posts at Mere (see lot 127). The hollow-cornered panels also feature on a Director bookcase pattern, engraved in 1759, pl. LXXXVII

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