BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1870

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A MID-VICTORIAN SATINWOOD BREAKFRONT WARDOBE
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1870
The triangular pediment with dentilled cornice filled with scrolling foliage above a mirrored door enclosing four mahogany-lined slides above four mahogany-lined drawers each with ebonised knob handle, flanked by flower-decorated columns with stylised Ionic capitals, flanked on each side by a shaped panelled door enclosing a calico-lined hanging-space with brass hanging-rail and eight coat-hooks, with mahogany-lined drawer below, on a plinth base, the bottom drawers stamped 'GILLOWS . LANCASTER', the locks stamped 'LANGEBEAR BIRMM'
96½ in. (245 cm.) high; 85½ in. (217 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The wardrobe, with pedimented façade and French-fashioned panels of silken figured satinwood, is designed in the elegant Neo-Grecian style of the 1870s as illustrated in C. & R. Light's, Registered Designs of Cabinet Furniture, 1880.

The Birmingham brass-founders Messrs. Robert Langebear & Co. are recorded at 102 Lichfield Street in Slater's City Directory of 1855.

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