BY GILLOWS, THE CRAFTSMAN JOHN HERBERT, CIRCA 1840

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN POLLARD OAK WELLINGTON CHEST
BY GILLOWS, THE CRAFTSMAN JOHN HERBERT, CIRCA 1840
The rectangular top above a mahogany-lined drawer fitted with a fall-front enclosing five pigeon-holes and above five further drawers with ebony handles, with locking stile and Bramah lock, on plinth base, the underside of the mahogany-lined drawer signed in pencil 'John Herbert'
47¼ in. (120 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Reindeer Antiques, London.

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Lot Essay

This chest was executed by John Herbert, the son of one John Herbert who is listed as a journeyman working for Gillows around 1800. The younger Herbert became a freeman of the Lancaster cabinet-maker's Guild in 1829 having served his apprenticeship since 1820 with Leonard Redmayne (d. 1869) (G. Beard, (ed.) Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 423).

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