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A VICTORIAN BROWN OAK AND EBONY THREE-TIER WHATNOT

BY GILLOW, CIRCA 1850

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A VICTORIAN BROWN OAK AND EBONY THREE-TIER WHATNOT BY GILLOW, CIRCA 1850 With rectangular moulded top and bevelled galleried centre shelf, on ring-turned columns and reeded bun feet, the middle tier with four plugged holes to the underside suggesting re-used carcase timber, bearing an indistinct pencil inscription 'B...' 33 in. (84 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This distinctived large-scale 'GILLOW' stamp can be categorically dated as it is also seen on the oak chairs supplied by Gillow in 1851 for the Houses of Parliament, based on a pattern chair made by Crace to an A.W.N. Pugin design (illustrated in S. Stuart, 'A Survey of Marks, Labels and Stamps used on Gillow and Waring & Gillow Furniture 1770-1960', Regional Furniture, vol. XII, 1998, figs.12 and 13.)

A closely related whatnot by Gillows in 'Goncalo alves' or satinwood was sold from the collection of Graham Watson, Heaton Rise, Bradford, Bonhams Leeds, 4 February 2003 for £8,200 plus premium.

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