ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT WARDROBE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular cornice above a plain frieze and four panelled doors, the two central doors enclosing four slides, above two short and two long drawers with original handles, the side doors enclosing a blank hanging space with four brass coat hooks and central steel short hanging rail, on bun feet
85 in. (216 cm.) high; 98 in. (249 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The inset corners of the panelled doors on this wardrobe are similar in design to two wardrobes by Gillows, sold from Hackwood Park, Hampshire in the house sale, Christie's, 20, 21 and 22 April 1998, lots 367-368. These two wardrobes have a distinctive interlocking Greek key inlay in their door panels. The pattern for the design of these wardrobes first appears for a client called General Jones in March 1806 in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Book, 1801-22, p. 1784. Gillows produced a large quantity of furniture for William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850) at Hackwood, much of which was recorded in the 1813 Gillows Memorandum.
Another bookcase from the Hackwood sale, lot 445, displays the same inset corners on its outside doors as the present lot.

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