ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND AMARANTH BONHEURS-DU-JOUR
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790
Each with an arched superstructure with an open shelf above a pair of tulipwood crossbanded doors, each enclosing a shelf and short drawer, above a hinged baize-lined flap and a mahogany-lined drawer with divisions and small side drawer fitted with divisions and inkwell, on square tapering legs, each labelled 'A. and M. COLERIDGE COLLECTION' and inscribed 'F.37 2'
45¾ in. (116 cm.) high; 25 in. (64 cm.) wide; 17¼ in. (44 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Mrs. Faber.
The Marquess of Hamilton; Christie's, London, 20 May 1971, lot 89.

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Lot Essay

The pattern of lady's writing-table or bonheur-du-jour relates to one of c. 1795 stamped by the Lancaster and London firm of Gillows, in the collection of Lancaster City Museums. It follows a design of 1794 for a Mr Briscoe. Gillows noted that the table was fitted with 'a flap to turn over and a book shelf to stand upon do' (S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p. 297, pls. 323-324). A single related example was sold by Mr & Mrs Geoffrey Gomme, Christie's South Kensington, 24 January 2001, lot 338 (£4,112).

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