Lot 124
124
A REGENCY SATINWOOD AND MAPLE SOFA TABLE
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE FRANCIS BACON, ESQ. (LOTS 123-124)
A REGENCY SATINWOOD AND MAPLE SOFA TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A REGENCY SATINWOOD AND MAPLE SOFA TABLE
Attributed to Gillows
The rounded rectangular twin-flap top crossbanded in rosewood, above a pair of part cedar-lined frieze drawers and a pair of conforming simulated drawers on the reverse, flanked on each end by a pair of rosewood panels, on rectangular end-supports continuing into square tapering downswept legs with brass caps and castors, two handles replaced, repairs to the legs
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The elegant sofa table, veneered in golden satinwood and maple can be attributed to Gillows of London and Lancaster who made particular use of the downswept end-supports with scrolled 'claws' on many of their tables. A related calamander-banded writing-table by Gillows, has similar ends filled with spindles and relates to a sketch dated 1818 in their Estimate Sketch Books, number 2079 (G. Wills, Craftsmen and Cabinet-Makers of Classic English Furniture, Edinburgh, 1974, pp. 117-118, figs. 108-109).
A related calamander sofa table with the same shaped end-supports, was sold by the Executors of the late Dr. Eric Till, in these Rooms, 14 June 2001, lot 26.

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