CIRCA 1825, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASES
CIRCA 1825, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
The moulded cornice and plain frieze above a pair of glazed doors enclosing six adjustable moulded shelves, flanked on each side by a conforming glazed door enclosing three adjustable moulded shelves, the lower section with a pair of panel doors enclosing two adjustable moulded shelves and flanked on each side by a conforming door enclosing one adjustable shelf, on a plinth base, inscribed in chalk "Dr. Wilson"
94 in. (239 cm.) high; 95¾ in. (243 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Designed in the restrained "Grecian" taste promoted by Sir John Soane, these bookcases, with Grecian-stepped cornice, have pilaster-trusses wrapped in Apollo palms as featured in a watercolour design dated from around 1820 in the Gillow archives at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The bookcase's beautiful panels of flame-figured mahogany are also typical of Gillow manufacture of the period.

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