A REGENCY MAHOGANY FOLIO-CABINET by Gillows of Lancaster, the double-hinged brown leather-lined adjustable top upon double rachetted supports, the panelled base with two glazed doors and fitted interior with three reeded adjustable shelves, on a moulded rectangular plinth with removable reading-stops, stamped GILLOWS. LANCASTER, one pane cracked

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY FOLIO-CABINET by Gillows of Lancaster, the double-hinged brown leather-lined adjustable top upon double rachetted supports, the panelled base with two glazed doors and fitted interior with three reeded adjustable shelves, on a moulded rectangular plinth with removable reading-stops, stamped GILLOWS. LANCASTER, one pane cracked
40in. (101.5cm.) wide; 73in. (185.5cm.) high, raised; 28in. (71cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d. 1815)

Lot Essay

Messrs. Gillow's Estimate Sketch Book, no. 5106 for August 1836, features a pattern for this type of tray-fitted library cabinet as a 'Pedestal portfolio stand' and lists its manufacturing cost as ¨13.2.6. It proved a popular and practical piece of furniture, and amongst related examples was one provided for the library at Tatton Park (See Tatton Park Guide, 1987 p. 14).

A closely related folio-cabinet was sold anonymously at Phillips, London, 17 Octber 1989, lot 98

This is listed in the 1840 Inventory of the Library:-' mahogany folio stand and cabinet with rising top and plate glass'

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