Lot 168
168
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WARDROBE attributed to Gillows, the moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with four open slides, four graduated drawers and a hanging compartment, above a long drawer and on shaped bracket feet, adapted, the interior later fitted, restorations

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WARDROBE attributed to Gillows, the moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing a fitted interior with four open slides, four graduated drawers and a hanging compartment, above a long drawer and on shaped bracket feet, adapted, the interior later fitted, restorations
45in. (114.5cm.) wide; 72½in. (184cm.) high; 19in. (48.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Elizabeth Brooke (d. 1809)

Lot Essay

The sunk-panelled door with indented arched-cresting, in the French manner, derives from Thomas Chippendale's 'Cloaths Press' pattern illustrated in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., 1762, pl. CXXIX

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