Lot 126
126
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODES attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with three-quarter galleried part-hinged rectangular top above downswept supports with panelled sides, the lower tread with hinged top enclosing a removable mahogany turned lid and white porcelain chamber-pot, the waved apron inlaid with a boxwood lined oval, on square legs, one pot lacking, one small section of gallery lacking 21in. (53.5/cm.) wide; 29in. (73.5cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) deep (2)

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODES attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with three-quarter galleried part-hinged rectangular top above downswept supports with panelled sides, the lower tread with hinged top enclosing a removable mahogany turned lid and white porcelain chamber-pot, the waved apron inlaid with a boxwood lined oval, on square legs, one pot lacking, one small section of gallery lacking 21in. (53.5/cm.) wide; 29in. (73.5cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Elizabeth Brooke (d. 1809)

Lot Essay

The pattern for these armchair-style commode/night-tables, with their galleried tops and oval-medallion ribbon-inlay in the antique style features in Messrs. Gillows Estimate Sketch Book for 1786 (see Westminster Public Library, ES399). A modified design, stamped by Gillows Lancaster and supplied on 6 February 1826, at a cost of ¨4.9.4, complete with Wedgewood pan, urns sold anonymously, Christie's London, 11 April 1991, lot 57

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