ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS

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A NEST OF THREE REGENCY MAHOGANY TABLES
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Each with rectangular top and small molded rim, above pierced side supports and tressle legs, inscribed in pencil 'KC Reed', with replacements and losses
28½ in. (72 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) deep, the largest (3)

Provenance

C. Millar, London.
Purchased from the above by Stuart & Turner Ltd., London on 5 January 1932.
Acquired from Stuart & Turner Ltd., London for £15.10 and shipped in March 1932 (listed by Frances Elkins on 28 March).

Literature

A. O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, pp. 23.
S.E. Cohen and S.S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, Acanthus Press, New York, 2004, p. 280. S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, pp. 66-67.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

These tables conform in their design and unusual proportion to a pattern by Gillows dated 1795 (reproduced here and illustrated in L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 75).

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