EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF WRITING-TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS
With slide concealing a ratcheted slope above two drawers, on turned legs
29¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide, open; 26¾ in. (68.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The library sofa-table, with concealed ratchet-fitted writing-slide, is a less elaborate version of a 'Sofa Writing Table' illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's, Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl.77. It is likely to have been commissioned by Robert Biddulph (d.1814) around the time of his marriage in 1801 to Charlotte Myddelton (d.1843), when he assumed the name Myddelton Biddulph.

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