.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
The supports and timbers used in this sofa table are virtually identical to a drawing for a 'spindle end' table supplied by Gillows to Ferguson & Co. The firm of Ferguson, Whitesides & Co, upholsterers had taken over the Gillow premises at 176-7 Oxford Street, and continued to operate under their own name (G. Wills, Craftsmen and Cabinet-makers of Classic English Furniture, 1974, p.123, figs.109 and 110).
Other virtually identical examples include one illustrated in G. Wills, op. cit, p.117, fig.108 and another (without drawers) illustrated in B. Reade, Regency Antiques, 1953, pl.46. A center table with same calamander chanelling to the legs is illustrated in E.T. Joy, English Furniture 1800-1851, 1977, p.20.
A library table of this form was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 19-20 January 1996, lot 538.
Other virtually identical examples include one illustrated in G. Wills, op. cit, p.117, fig.108 and another (without drawers) illustrated in B. Reade, Regency Antiques, 1953, pl.46. A center table with same calamander chanelling to the legs is illustrated in E.T. Joy, English Furniture 1800-1851, 1977, p.20.
A library table of this form was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 19-20 January 1996, lot 538.