Lot 49
49
A GEORGE IV ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD CHIFFONIER attributed to Gillows, crossbanded overall in satinwood, the pierced three-quarter galleried superstructure with two shelves with lozenge-inlaid back flanked by scrolled acanthus-supports and trellis sides above two mahogany-lined drawers, the stiff leaf-mounted rectangular top above a panelled fitted secretaire drawer with green velvet-lined writing-surface with two satinwood and mahogany-lined drawers, one fitted, on brass-inlaid acanthus-headed scrolled end-supports and lozenge-inlaid stepped inverted breakfront plinth on ball feet, stamped 10, lacking central mount to frieze drawer, restorations

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A GEORGE IV ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD CHIFFONIER attributed to Gillows, crossbanded overall in satinwood, the pierced three-quarter galleried superstructure with two shelves with lozenge-inlaid back flanked by scrolled acanthus-supports and trellis sides above two mahogany-lined drawers, the stiff leaf-mounted rectangular top above a panelled fitted secretaire drawer with green velvet-lined writing-surface with two satinwood and mahogany-lined drawers, one fitted, on brass-inlaid acanthus-headed scrolled end-supports and lozenge-inlaid stepped inverted breakfront plinth on ball feet, stamped 10, lacking central mount to frieze drawer, restorations
30¼in. (77cm.) wide; 47¼in. (120cm.) high; 70½in. (44.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The foliate edge mounts correspond to those on Mrs Peter Langford-Brooke's ebonised bedroom suite that was almost certainly supplied by Gillows in the mid-1820s and which was sold from Mere Hall, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 85.

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