IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS OF LANCASTER

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A late Regency rosewood Davenport
In the manner of Gillows of Lancaster
The brass galleried top above a sloping leather-lined writing surface, the sides fitted with a pencil drawer and a candle slide above a panelled cupboard door enclosing four short drawers, on fluted tapering supports with reeded bun feet and recessed castors, Bramah lock
35in. (89cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) wide; 23½in. (59cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This writing desk of fine black-figured rosewood is designed in the Grecian manner; and with its plinth-supported, palm-wrapped and antique-fluted pillars relates to the antique fashion promoted by George Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826. Its Bramah lock bears the Piccadilly address first occupied by the firm in 1800.

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