ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

细节

A REGENCY MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHEST
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The bowfront rectangular moulded top above four graduated drawers, on short splayed feet, the handles apparently original
35¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

注意事项

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拍品专文

The pattern for this 'dressing drawers' commode with elliptic front and scrolled stump feet, was published in A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 76.
A coloured design for a closely related satinwood commode appears in the pattern book of Gillows of Lancaster (Westminster City Archives, no. 735/1), while a sketch for another very similar satinwood commode appears in the Estimate Sketch Books, dated 24 October 1789. The splayed feet can be seen on a serpentine commode and secretaire-bookcase, dated 1789 and 1794 respectively, also in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books (L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, figs. 117, 118, and 146, pl. 11, pp. 168 and 180).